{"1": {"fulltext": "*l_ tf~\\ni ,r\\n-j\\\\ -K I\\ni^ ^y: 1\\nr\\nt:**\\ni* i\\nn \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v^ I -:ti_,.. ,11- wM^lr,.\\nJ.-*\\nI\\nH^ v\u00c2\u00bb :1 i*^ i^ ^^v\\nr\\\\ P^C Ufa b f v-\\nN ,1;/ jr i,", "height": "3491", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "oo^\\nN AV-\\ntr\\nxOo.\\no 0^\\nt\\no,-^\\n-^e\\n^^-0.\\nV\\n.0 o\\nI 8\\n,0o\\n.S\\n,0-", "height": "3381", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "f f --1 r /O\\nx\\nf ^-s.\\n0^\\nr.\\n.i\\nZ I\\nKj,\\no\\n.1^\\n3 N V\\nN V\\n1\\\\\\nS^^.\\nV\\na\\\\\\nCO\\naV- o", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3381", "width": "1990", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3381", "width": "1990", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "I\\ntii\\n(^v^\\n|05;\\\\N(lELDPOO\\nTHIRD EDITION\\n;S hi IN t L A.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3381", "width": "1990", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "DR. B. C. PLATT.\\nAuthor Bonanza Rabbitry Manual.\\nPresident National Association of Belgian Hare Judges.\\nProprietor Bonanza Rabbitry, Los Angeles. Cal.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Til\\nCopyrifrlit api-lied for by\\nDR. B. C. PLATT.\\n1900.", "height": "3381", "width": "1990", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS\\nPage.\\nIntroduction 3\\nPi esent Status of the Belgian Hare .5\\nTlie American Standard of Excellence 5\\nDescription 7\\nChampion Fashoda 1), 5\\nStandard of Excellence for Heavy-weight Belgian Hares 9\\nScale for Rating Fat Hares .10\\nStill Another Type .10\\nThe Hare as a Marlvet Commodity 11\\nWhat the Hare Will Produce .11\\nFecundity of the Hare .12\\nAnother Interesting Computation 13\\nRabbit Farming 14\\nThe Rabbitry 15\\nOur Complete Plans for Rabbitries .17\\nBreeding and Rearing .30\\nManagement and Care in General .32\\nCare and Management of the Doe .3.5\\nCare and Management of the Young .37\\nGeneral Suggestions .38\\nKeep the Pens Clean .39\\nThe Question of Food .41\\nPrincipal Diseases of the Hare 42\\nGeneral Preventive Measures .43\\nColic in Young Hares .51\\nVent Disease 51\\nCaked or Swollen Breast 54\\nThe Hare and Mother Earth .54\\nSome Hobbies of the English .57\\nDetermining the Sex in Young Hares 58\\nTo Castrate Hares 58\\nDirections for Cooking .59\\nDressing the Hare for Market .64\\nReserve the Pelts 65\\nA Word as to Shipping 65\\nCaring for Hares on Arrival after a Journey 66\\nInstructions to Fxoress Messengers .66\\nKeep q CoTiDlete Record 66\\nBreeding Prize-Winners 67\\nResist ration 7??\\nScientific Preparation of Hares for Exhibition 77\\nBreeders Association 83\\nAdvantage of Public Exhibitions 84\\nOrganize and Conduct Expositions .84\\nThe Score Card versus Comparison Judging 87\\nThe Necessity of Having Competent Judges .90\\nThe Judging of Judges 90\\nA Standard for Rating Judges 91\\nHonorable Application of the Score Card System of Judging 92\\nThe Spirit of the True Fancier 92\\nA Belgian Hare Enthusiast 94\\nCommercial Future of the Belgian .97\\nCanning the Belgian .99\\nValue of the Pelts .99\\nFor Use in Furs 101\\nAs a Novelty .101\\nAn Item of Public Interest .101\\nSummary 101\\nAvoid Inbreeding 102", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "BONANZA QUEEN.\\nProperty of Bonanza Rabbitry. First attempt\\nto illustrate the Belgian Hare in the United\\nStates. Presented b.y the Bonanza Rabbitry\\nin 1897", "height": "3381", "width": "1990", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "THE\\nBONANZA RABBITRY\\nMANUAL\\nA PRACTICAL TREATISE\\nPresenting Tested and Approved Methods for the\\nMating, Feeding, Management, Exhibiting and Marketing\\nof the\\nProlific and Profitable\\nFar-famed Belgian Hare\\nNOBLEST OF THE RABBIT FAMILY\\nfay\\nDR. B: C. PLATT\\nMAILED ON RECEIPT OF PRICE\\naddress:\\nDR. B. C. PLATT\\nNo. 930 Grand View Avenue\\nLos Angeles, California\\nCopyright, 1900. by B. C. PLATT\\nPRICE $1.00", "height": "3381", "width": "1990", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "74173\\n40148\\nLibrary of Con^ireM\\nwo Copies RecEivfo\\nAUG 29 1900\\nCopyright (ntry\\nSECOND copy.\\nDftiversd te\\nORDtR DIVISION,\\nSfL_A_1900\\ndbis yiRanual\\nIs the most complete and comprehensive work of its kind ever issued.\\nIt gives full directions on every detail for constructing a rabbitry,\\nstocking it with the prime favorite of the rabbit family wherever\\nknown, the Belgian Hare; for breeding, rearing, managing, feeding,\\nmarketing and cooking this dainty animal, a most toothsome and pop-\\nular luxury for the table. By following the directions herein con-\\ntained every fancier may secure success and profit. It is the result of\\nextensive experience and many original experiments. The present\\nedition has been revised, enlarged and greatly improved. Many im-\\nportant topics omitted in previous editions are here fully discussed.\\nThat its perusal may lead to a profitable occupation for many\\npersons, and the gradual development of a still better type of an\\nalready noble animal, is the wish of\\nThe Author.", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "The Bonanza Rabbitry Manual\\nThe Belgian hare has received his\\nhighest development in England, where\\nhe has passed through various interest-\\ning phases, and England still sets the\\nfashion for the world in hares as in\\nsome other things. There, some fifty\\nyears ago or more, certain people of an\\ninquiring turn of mind conceived the\\nidea of breeding, by inter-mating dif-\\nferent types of rabbit, a rabbit that\\nshould resemble, as closely as possible,\\nthe native, wild, English hare, but with\\nimportant improvements. The wild\\nhare is a slow breeder. The female pro-\\nduces only two or three litters a year,\\nand only two or three young at a\\nlitter. Other breeds of rabbit are very\\nprolific. The wild hare pines away and\\ndies in captivity. Other breeds are\\neasily domesticated. But the wild hare\\nin form, color, action and all that goes\\nto make a beautiful animal, has\\ncharms and graces that no other species\\npossesses.\\nTherefore, taking the wild hare as\\na model, the first experimenters selected\\nindividuals of other varieties and mated\\nthem to produce a progeny closely re-\\nsembling the wild hare. The wild hare\\nwill not mate with any other breed. If\\nit would the problem before these en-\\nthusiasts in old England would have\\nbeen vastly simpler than it was. But\\nall efforts, and many have been made,\\nto secure a cross between the wild hare\\nand some other variety have been ut-\\nterly without result. The product of\\ncrossing breeds may be termed a mule,\\nand will not produce young.\\nThe end of the long series of ex-\\nperiments is the modem, high-class,\\nthoroughbred Belgian hare, and he is a\\nvery different individual from those first\\nobtained. These latter were called Le-\\nporines. They were dark, grayish, spot-\\nted, mottled beasts, far removed in\\nbeauty from the true Belgian as he ex-\\nists today, with a rich, rufus red as\\nthe foundation of his splendid glossy\\ncoat, and approximating far more closely\\nthan the Leporine the beautiful ideal\\nestablished by the wild hare of Eng-\\nland. Not only is the modern Belgian\\nvery attractive in appearance, but he is\\nexceedingly prolific, readily adapts him-\\nself to captivity and, as a table luxury,\\nhis flesh is a most distinct and appetiz-\\ning novelty. These facts give him a\\ntwo-fold value; first, to the fancier and\\nbreeder on scientific principles; and, sec-\\nond, to the man of humbler, perhaps\\ncoarser tastes, whose soul and pocket-\\nbook can be reached only through his\\nstomach.\\nEngland is today sending her finest\\nspecimens, at enormous prices compared\\nwith the prices of two or three years\\nago, into Germany, France, Austria and\\nespecially to America. These are the\\nfancy individuals selected, and exported\\nfor breeding purposes only. The other\\nphase of the industry, that of providing\\na delicious article of food, has reached\\nenormous proportions in Europe and\\nmillions of pounds of hare meat are con-\\nsumed every week in the great cities of\\nthe Old World.\\nThe Belgian has become at once ex-\\ntremely popular wherever he has been\\nintroduced. It is a fact that no com-\\nmunity, so far as heard from, has ever\\nrefused to receive and encourage this\\nbeautiful little animal. His progress has\\nprobably been more rapid in Southern\\nCalifornia than in most other sections.\\nWithin eighteen months, from about", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nNovember i, 1898, to May i, 1900, some\\n1400 rabbitries, averaging nearly one\\nhundred head each were founded In this\\npart of the State of California, a dis-\\ntrict with a population of only about\\n300,000 people. This is a vivid illustra-\\ntion of the taking qualities of this\\nnoblest and most useful of the rabbit\\nfamily.\\nThere are various reasons for this\\ngreat popularity of the Belgian hare\\nwherever known. The first of these is\\nhis beauty. I shall discuss this more\\nat length in my description of the Bel-\\ngian in a succeeding paragraph. The\\nsecond is his docility and fondness for\\nfondling. The Belgian hare makes a\\nmost attractive pet. He is intelligent,\\nbecomes attached to his owner, can\\nreadily be trained to pose and to come\\nat call. He appreciates care and gocd\\ntreatment. The third reason is the in-\\nterest aroused in every member of the\\nfamily fortunate enough to own Belgians\\nby observing the habits of the ^.ninial,\\nespecially of the does in caring for the r\\nyoung. As in all wild animals (for the\\nBelgian is really a wild animal domesti-\\ncated) the mother love is very strong.\\nAll their habits of life, the poses that\\nth^y assume, their ways of communicat-\\ning with each other, their care of their\\npersons, etc., are intensely interesting.\\nEvery sound mind harbors a love for\\nanimals, and the wild traits, such as\\nare shown in the/ Belgian, are those with\\nwhich we are least familiar and which\\nare therefore most intensely interesting.\\nA fourth reason is the fascination of\\nmating individuals so as to secure best\\nresults in the progeny. This appeals to\\nthe scientific turn in every man s brain.\\nIt is a well known fact that a type may\\nbe fixed in six generations that s to\\nsay, you may take an ordinary animal,\\nsay a cow or a mare, rvnd by mating\\nwith an improved specimen of the op-\\nposite sex produce better offspring than\\nthe mother. Repeat this process six\\ntimes and you have an inimal which is\\nentitled to registration as a thorough-\\nbred. This could be done in the case of\\nthe Belgian in less than two years.\\nWhether carried to this extreme or not,\\nthe improvement of the species has for\\nany man with a talent for this sort of\\ndevelopment a most profound interest\\nbesides the absorbing excitement of a\\nlegitimate speculation.\\nAll of these reasons are founded in the\\nmore esthetic and refined phases of the\\nindustry. Besides these there is the\\ncommercial side. The Belgian, so far,\\nhas uniformly afforded a profit. In\\nthis country the highest profits have\\nbeen in the best stock, that taken up by\\nthe fancy, so-called. But as a pro-\\nducer of delicious meat the Belgian has\\nno equal, for the size of the animal and\\nthe cost of meat-producing stock. The\\nmeat is all white, tender a.nd sweet. It\\nhas no wild flavor, but is very simi ur\\nto the best chicken or turkey, with\\nenough difference to make it novel. One\\ndoe will readily produce six litters a\\nyear, averaging eight to the litter. These\\nwill average at birth three ounces in\\nweight. In fourteen days they will in-\\ncrease! in size five or six times, then weigh-\\ning from fifteen to twenty ounces. From\\nthis point they will gain a pound a\\nmonth to five or six months, at matur-\\nity from six to eight months they will\\nweigh eight or nine pounds each. This\\nmeat sells readily at 25 cents per pound\\ndressed. Allowing one-third for waste\\na doe will produce in one year 252 pounds\\nof meat, ready for the market and\\nreadily salable at 25 cents per pound.\\nThis amounts to $63. The first cost\\nof the doe will not exceed $15 and her\\nkeeping for the year will be not more\\nthan $3. This leaves a clear profit, over\\ncost of animal and all, of at least $45,\\nand the original investment is still left.\\nThis is a very moderate estimate. It\\nhas been far exceeded in some instances.\\nWe must not lose sight of the value\\nof the pelts which are worth from 25\\ncents to $1 each, according to their\\nbeauty, the place at which they are sold\\nand the use for which they are intended.\\nIn the East there are some extensive\\nestablishments raising Belgians prin-", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\ncipally for the purpose of manufactur-\\ning the hair of pelts into silk hats. They\\nare also made into rugs, muffs, mittens,\\ngloves, collarettes and cloaks for ladies\\nand children s wear. These are very\\nhandsome. Dealers abroad have a pro-\\ncess of plucking by which some of the\\nhairs are removed, leaving on the re-\\nmainder of the fur a rich, seal-brown\\ncolor and luster. A machine has recently\\nbeen invented which accomplishes the\\nsame result without plucking, simply by\\ncutting off the dark tips of the fur. This\\nprocess involves no coloring or artificial\\ndyeing, although there is another beau-\\ntiful product, known as electric seal,\\nwhich comes from a process of dyeing.\\nThe pelt of the up-to-date high type\\nBelgian is worth several times as much\\nas the pelt of the common class of Bel-\\ngians.\\nPRESENT STATUS OF THE BELGIAN\\nHARE.\\nIn England there are many clubs of\\nBelgian hare breeders who hold large\\nannual exhibitions and offer numerous\\nprizes of money, cups, etc., for the best\\nspecimens. In fact, this industry has\\nnow been developed to a point in Eng-\\nland where large amounts of capital\\nare invested and rabbitries exist in every\\npart of the kingdom. English breeders\\nhave been very persistent and enthusi-\\nastic in their constant efforts to produce\\nhigher and better types. Many of their\\nfairs are open only to limited areas or\\ndistricts and these smaller fairs are\\nheld very frequently, usually lasting\\nonly a day or two or three days. The\\nwinners at these district fairs are all\\nplaced on exhibition at the great Crys-\\ntal Palace show, which is the crowning\\nfair of the year and is held in the mag-\\nnificient Crystal Palace at London. The\\nhighest prize given is the Crystal\\nPalace cup, valued at $250, and the win-\\nner of this becomes the acknowledged\\nchampion of the year. We present here-\\nwith a cut of this cup. This must be\\nwon at three successive exhibitions to\\nentitle its holder to its ownership.\\nIn recent years, Germany, France and\\nAustria, as well as the United States\\nhave become greatly interested in breed-\\ning the finer types of the Belgian and\\nthe demand thus created has drawn\\nheavily upon the resources of English\\nbreeders and has raised the prices in\\nEngland to a mark that seems extrava-\\ngant. Three hundred dollars, or even\\nmore, have been paid for single speci-\\nmens, to which price must be added the\\ncost of bringing them to this country.\\nThe hare first attracted attention in\\nAmerica about nine years ago. A few\\nspecimens were exhibited at the World s\\nfair, and later, at many poultry shows.\\nBut no great interest was aroused until\\nwithin four or five years. Now there\\nare several associations throughout the\\ncountry. Several large exhibitions have\\nbeen held in Boston, New York and\\nother Eastern cities, and at Los Angeles,\\nin February, 1900, was held the largest\\nand most successful exhibition ever held\\nanywhere, with the highest prizes. Los\\nAngeles has thus become, within the\\npast two years, the center of the Bel-\\ngian hare industry in America. And\\nwithin th S period of two years at least\\nfifteen hundred rabbitries have been\\nestablished in Southern California, a\\nsection having a population of only\\nabout 300,000 people.\\nTHE AMERICAN STANDARD OF EX-\\nCELLENCE.\\nThe American standard of excellence\\nfor the Belgian hare is identical with\\nthe English standard, which has been\\nin vogue for several years. It is as\\nfollows:\\nDISQUALIFICATIONS.\\nI. Lopped or fallen ear or ears. 2.\\nWhite front feet or white bar or bars\\non same. 3. Decidedly wry front feet.\\n4. Wry tail.\\nA specimen should have the benefit of\\nany doubt.\\nCOLOR. Rich Rufus-red (not\\ndark, smudgy color,) carried well\\ndown sides and hind quarters, and", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nReduced fac-simile of the Crystal Palace Challenge Cup won by Fashoda at the great\\nPet Stock Exhibition in London, England, November 1st, 1899.", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL. 7\\nas little white under thel jaws Some points in the above standard\\nas possible 20 will be as unintelligible as Greek to\\nTICKING^Ratheii wavy a,ppear- uninitiated unless explained. The\\nance and plentiful 15 R^f^s-^ed color referred to is very\\nSHAPE.-Body-long, slim well ^y P\\ntucked up flank, and well ribbed ^^^^ian of the latest type, but\\nup; back slightly ardhed; loins description or of under-\\nwell rounded, not choppy; head\\n-rather lengthy; muscular chest; however, a very rich color, with a most\\ntail-straight, not screwed; and al- beautiful and peculiar luster. The\\ntogether of a racy appearance.... 20 ticking is a tipping of black upon\\nthe end of each hair over portiorvs of\\nEARS About five inches, thin, ^v. o^u- j.i.j t-ui.\\nthe body. This, as stated, should be\\nwell laced on tips, and as far down 1. \u00e2\u0084\u00a2vu\\n_ wavy and heavy and abundant. The\\noutside edges as possible; good ^.i -u j: -u-i 1\\nlacing on the ear is a band of black\\ncolor inside and outside, and well\\nsuch as might be made by a wide pen\\nstroke with a pen dipped in jet black\\nEYES.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hazel color, large round, j^j^ j^ extends from the tip about\\nbright and bold 10 ^j^g on each side.\\nLEGS AND FEET.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Forefeet and The back of the ear should be the\\nlegs\u00e2\u0080\u0094 long, straight, slender, well coveted golden tan shade, extending\\ncolored and free from white bars; close to this lacing. There should be a\\nhind feet as well colored as pos- tint like a Gold of Ophir rose between\\nsible 10 the ticking of the sides and the snow\\nSIZE. About eight pounds 5 white of the belly. Some specimens\\nCONDITION.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Not fat, but flesh also have a creamy or golden tan shad-\\nfirm like a race horse, and good iJ^S ^^ex the jaws, which is very beau-\\nquality of fur 5 tiful. The tip of the tail should border\\nWITHOUT DEWLAP s golden tan, with snow white under-\\nneath. The feet must all be a deep\\nred, both the front feet and the hind\\nTotal 100 feet. This is an exceedingly difficult\\nshade to obtain and almost as difficult to\\ndescribe. It resembles mahogany, but\\nDESCRIPTION. has a brighter luster. It is like a wine\\nThe above standard applies only to color, but not as deep a shade. It\\nthe popular type of the Belgian, which might be called maroon, but is a little\\nmight be designated as the fancy, or barker. Whatever it may be called,\\nexhibition, type. There is another type it gives a finish to the whole effect as\\nknown as the heavyweight Belgian, yet rarely seen \u00c2\u00abpon Belgians in this\\nwhich is the practical meat-producing country.\\ntype. Another variety which is some-\\nf J ..v. XI. 1- 1.x In any way that you regard the har-\\ntimes confused with the heavyweight r,,\\nT, -a., X moniously blended colors of the true\\nBelgian, is the Flemish Giant.\\nX JVC V X X,. belgian, his coat is a marvel and a de-\\nThere is a vast difference between these ,x\\nX J ,-x light. At four months of age he moults\\ntwo in color, markings and quality of\\nflesh. There is also a difference, well ^akes on a permanent coat which\\nmarked, in favor of the heavyweight ^^ht months, but will\\nT, V x XI. X 3 deepen in the beautiful shades in his\\nBelgian, between these two, as regards\\nspirit, activity, alertness, style in gen-\\neral, vigor and longevity. t^^^^*^ t*^-", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nQ\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-r\\nO\\nw\\nH\\no\\no\\nO\\nj\\nQ\\nO\\nW\\nCO", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nCHAMPION FASHODA is by Cham-\\npion Edinboro, dam by Fairy King. Im-\\nported by, and property of the Bonanza\\nRabbitry. His English record is as\\nfollows: Winner of first and special\\nat Batley, Thorn, Bishop Auckland, Cud-\\nworth Ashton-under-Lyne and Tun-\\nbridge Wells; first at Barnetby and Os-\\nsett; first special and cup at Middlesbor-\\nough; first and cup at Caterham, Leices-\\nter and the Crystal Palace; four medals,\\nmaking the total of twelve firsts, seven\\nspecials, four medals and four challenge\\ncups, including the Crystal Palace Cup,\\nof 1899 a record never before equalled\\non the English Exhibition Circuit.\\nThe above cut is a correct picture,\\nfrom a photograph, of Champion Fashoda,\\nthe latest gem of two continents, winner\\nof the Crystal Palace cup in November i,\\n1899, and of the international champion-\\nship, one hundred dollars in gold, at Los\\nAngeles in February, 1900. Fashoda is\\na marvel, not only in color, markings\\nand symmetry of form, but also in his\\nalertness and bouyancy of spirit. He\\nis of unusual intelligence which is mani-\\nfested both in his appearance and in\\nhis adaptability to handling and posing.\\nHe is a very appreciative pet. We pres-\\nent this cut of Champion Fashoda as\\na study of the latest and highest type\\nof the Belgian.\\nSTANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR\\nHEAVYWEIGHT BELGAIN\\nHARES.\\nDISQUALIFICATIONS.\\nI. Lopped or fallen ears. 2. White\\nfront feet, or white bar or bars on same.\\n3. Decidedly wry front feet. 4. Wry\\ntail. 5. Matuie specimens weighing\\nle^s then ten pounds. A specimen should\\nhave the benefit of any doubt.\\nCOLOR.\\nTicking should be moderately plentiful\\nand quite wavy, ranging in quantity in\\nthe importance of the order in which\\nthe sections are here named viz., hips,\\nback, upper sides. It should not extend\\nto lower sides, over shoulders, nor on\\nbreast, and front legs.\\nSpecial sections, a deep cream color\\nunder jaws, a bright cream color under\\nbelly, and white under tail. Lacing,\\ndense black, extensive in length, and con-\\nfined closely to the edge of ear. Color\\nproper, rich Rufus red, not smudgy, and\\nfree from dense blue undercolor.\\nSIZE.\\nThe animals should be long in verte-\\nbrae (between couplings,) long in limb,\\nhave ears 51-2 inches, and possess large\\neyes. Weight, eleven pounds.\\nSHAPE.\\nThe head should be long and moder-\\nately coarse; the ears not to thick; the\\neyes round and bold; breast, full with\\nevenly-carried dewlap; front legs and\\nfeet, coarse, heavy-boned, straight and\\nfirm in bone and joint; body round and\\nmassive, a continuous arch carried from\\nback to tail, with no tendency to square-\\nness on rump.\\nCONDITION.\\nThe flesh should be firm; the fur in\\ngood, healthy condition; the animal\\nmoderately close-coated and tight-\\nskinned, thus giving it an active, alert\\nappearance.\\nSCALE OF POINTS.-VALTTATION.\\nCOLOR.\\nTicking, quantity 5 Points.\\nTicking, quality 5 Points.\\nBack 4 Points.\\nSides 4 Points.\\nHindquarters 4 Points.\\nJaws 2 Points.\\nLacing 2 Points.\\nEars 2 Points.\\nEyes 2 Points.\\nShoulders 2 Points.\\nBelly 2 Points.\\nFront legs and feet 4 Points.\\nHind legs and feet 4 Points.\\nSIZE.\\nLength of Vertebre 4 Points.\\nLength of Front Legs 4 Points.\\nLength of Hind Legs 4 Points.\\nLength of Ears 2 Points.\\nSize of Eye 2 Points.\\nWeight of specimen 4 Points.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "10 THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANAUL.\\nSHAPE. in weight by waste than does the stand-\\nHead 4 Points. ard-bred. But this fact is undoubtedly\\nbreast 4 Points. due to a lack of well-directed effort in\\nFront Legs and Feet 4 Points. the selection of specimens for mating.\\n4 Points. More skillful mating would doubtless\\n^y^^ 3 Points. secure firmness of flesh, close-fitting skin\\n3 Points, and a soft and fine coat, a small head\\n^P 3 Points. and fineness of bone similar to these\\nCONDITIONS. desirable qualities possessed by the high-\\n^^^sh 4 Points. type specimens regarded as the fancy\\n4 Points. class. When the hare industry settles\\nQUALITY. to a selection of the general utility bare,\\nFur 3 Points. one adapted to canning, and supplying\\nSkin 3 Points. the tables of restaurants, hotels and\\nfamilies and for propagation in large\\nTotal 100 Points. herds, as hogs are grown in some sections\\nOfficial weight at maturity, ii pounds; ^he country, the heavyweight Belgian\\nofficial age at maturity, ii months; will be found the most available type.\\nofficial cut for lack of weight, in mature\\nspecimen, 1-2 point to the i-4th pound,\\nor fraction thereof; and, in immature STILL ANOTHER TYPE,\\nspecimens 1-2 as heavy a cut, calculating xhe Leporine, already briefly men-\\nthem to weigh a pound for every month tion in our introduction, is still another\\n0* ^Se. type of the product of mating the\\nSCALE FOR RATING FAT HARES. rabbit. He is large and coarse in bone,\\n(Dressed Carcass.) reaching a weight of from fifteen to\\nBest portion of carcass (ham twenty pounds, but he possesses more life,\\nand loins) 20 Points. i\u00c2\u00b0 ^o^y t^\u00c2\u00ab typical\\nQuality of flesh, size of bone Belgian, has firmer flesh, and has a more\\nconsidered 20 Points. ^y appearance than the squatty.\\nColor of flesh and fat 20 Points. Flemish Giant. This type will un-\\nDegree of fatness 10 Points. for breeding heavyweights for meat-\\nWeight 20 Poirkts doubtedly prove valuable as a foundation\\nManner of dressing and pre- making purposes. Like the Flemish he\\nparing for shipment 10 Points. possesses no beauty. Nothing about\\nhim is attractive. His color is dull, a\\nTotal 100 Points. ^ig^t drab, and has none of the markings\\neither of the standard-bred i^elgian or\\nThe heavyweight Belgian has been even of the best heavyweights, which\\ndeveloped in America by breeders anx- do possess not a little beauty. The\\nious to promote the strictly commercial. Leporine is most abundant in Belgium\\nor meat-producing qualities of the Bel- and the south of France, where his\\ngian. Some unusually large specimens general utility purposes for the table\\nimported from Europe were utilized, and for canning are the chief aim. In\\ncrossed, fed and managed with this idea some sections of these countries the\\nin view. The result has been a hare Leporine furnishes the chief meat supply\\nmuch larger than the standard-bred, of the population, over a ton of meat\\nbut coarser in bone, quality of fur and a year being sometimes the product of\\nof flesh. When slaughtered for food the a single pair and the litters from the\\nheavyweight loses a greater proportion earlier breedings.", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n11\\nTHE HARE AS A MARKETABLE\\nCOMMODITY.\\nAs an article of diet the hare has\\nadvantages as yet very slightly under-\\nstood in this country. The flavor of the\\nmeat is delicious, far finer than that\\nof the best poultry obtainable in this\\ncountry. All of the flesh is eatable, so\\nthat there is absolutely no waste after\\nthe animal has been properly dressed.\\nFrom a dietetic point of view, as will\\nbe seen more in detail in a later para-\\ngraph, the flesh of the hare s simply\\ninvaluable. It lacks the heavy, oily\\nsubstances found in ducks, chickens and\\nturkeys. The flesh, therefore, while\\nvery nourishing, produces no inflam-\\nmation and may be taken with relish\\nand profit by any invalid. It has none\\nof the strong, gamey flavor found in the\\nwild rabbit and is therefore acceptable\\nto the weakest stomach.\\nIn the clealiness of its habits the hare\\nis far daintier than poultry. The same\\nfact is true of its food. Poultry will\\neat almost anything. The hare is fond\\nof variety but will not eat meat or\\nanything that is gross. It will not suffer\\nthe slightest stain of earth or other un-\\ncleanness to remain upon its fur, but is\\nrefined in its every habit and instinct.\\nThe result is that, as long as the hare\\nis in a state of health, its flesh is\\nnecessarily exceedingly wholesome as\\nwell as toothsome.\\nThe Belgian kare will dress a pound\\nfor every month of its age up to six\\nor to two or three inferior fowls. Hares\\nfrom about the tenth week of his exist-\\nence. The fifth month is about the\\nprofitable age to kill if intended for the\\nmarket. He will sell for twenty cents\\nper pound, dressed weight, which is the\\nregular market price of turkeys. We\\nhave sold none for less than this price\\nand have found the demand far in excess\\nof the supply. In some localities the\\nruling price has been thirty-five cents\\nper pound. The flesh of the hare is a\\nfood of which no one ever tires and all\\nwho have tasted it once acquire a liking\\nfor it.\\nBy castrating the young heavyweight\\nmale hare at ten or twelve weeks of\\nage we may produce a heavy animal\\ndressing from ten to twelve pounds at\\neight or nine months. These take on\\nflesh very rapidly and grow to a large\\nsize. Large numbers can be kept in a\\nsingle apartment without risks of fights\\namong them. The process of castrating\\nis therefore an economy in respect to the\\nspace devoted to rearing. The castrating\\nis simple and not more than one per cent,\\nmay be lost. The quality as well as the\\nquantity of the meat is vastly improved\\nby castrating. The market price is\\ntherefore higher. People prefer the cas-\\ntrated hare just as they prefer a large\\nfat capon chicken to one that is smaller,\\nor to two or three inferior fowls. Hares\\nare very small boned and their weight\\nis nearly all flesh, differing again from\\npoultry and with the difference in their\\nfavor. All of the meat is white in color.\\nThe doe may be spayed the same as\\na sow, and will increase in size and\\nquality as well as the buck. But there\\nis a higher percentage of loss, perhaps\\ntwo or three, sometimes five in a hun-\\ndred.\\nCastration means a gain of from\\ntwenty-five per cent, in time required\\nto reach a given weight and nearly an\\nequal gain in the saving of the cost of\\nfeed and also a great improvement in\\nthe quality of the grain and juiciness\\nof the flesh. The castrated stock bring\\none-fourth more per pound.\\nWHAT THE HARE WILL PRODUCE.\\nNo domesticated animal can compare\\nin the relative value of its products, as\\ncompared with cost of food and care,\\nwith the hare. A small rabbitry to pro-\\nvide food and pin money for a family\\nmay be established on the rear of any\\ncity lot. From a beginning of five does\\nand a buck it is safe to say that three\\nhundred hare can be raised per year and", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "12\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nthe original stock will remain. This\\nestimate provides for no increase from\\nincrease. But the first litters, if allowed\\nto increase, would run into the thousands\\nwithin a year.\\nEach breediiifj animal, doe or male,\\nrequires a pen by itself. And this should\\nbe three feet wide, five feet high and\\nfrom sixteen to twenty-four feet long,\\nbuilt according to the plans given later\\nin this volume. The space required by\\nthese should be duplicated in a space\\nequally as large and sown to alfalfa.\\nThis little patch of ground, if cared for,\\nirrigated, and fertilized like a lawn, will\\nproduce more green stuff than the hares\\nin the pens can consume, and sufficient\\nto store away for hay during those win-\\nter months when the growth of the\\nalfalfa is slow. Such a rabbitry, so far\\nas the meat question goes, will more\\nthan make a large family self-sustaining\\non the meat proposition. Surplus hares\\ncan readily be exchanged at the market\\nfor roasts of beet or mutton, or for\\npoultry, or may be sold for hard cash.\\nThere is no trouble about the demand.\\nThe difficulty is to bring the supply up\\nto the demanfl where ver the dainty\\nflesh of the hare has become known to\\nconsumers.\\nMeat is constantly increasing in price\\nowing to the increased cost of produc-\\ntion as the great ranges of the West\\nare cut up and utilized for agriculture\\nand horticulture. Any small space of\\nland may be employed for a rabbitry,\\nand old people, children, ladies, piofes-\\nsional men, all who have a little leisure\\nevery day, may enter upon this pleas-\\nant and profitable employment of rear-\\ning hares. The does are readily do-\\nmesticated and bear handling. They\\nwill breed until six or seven years of\\nage, although they are not as prolific\\nafter their fourth year as they are up\\nto that period. They are in their prime\\nfrom their eighth month to their fourth\\nyear. A doe belonging to the writer\\nproduced in one year eighty healthy\\nyoung ones, all of which were reared\\nand eaten or sold. Estimating that\\nthese were kept to an average of six\\nmonths and an average weight of five\\npounds, this doe produced four hundred\\npounds of choice meat within a single\\nyear. All this was within twenty\\nmonths of her birth, and, at the end of\\nthe period, she was alive, healthy, in\\ngood form and of greater value than at\\nthe commencement of the breeding.\\nNeither poultry nor cows can reach such\\na marvelous record of profitable pro-\\nduction, on the same feed and same care,\\nas that attained by this unpretentious\\nbut valuable little animal.\\nFECUNDITY OF THE HARE.\\nThe hare is a species of rabbit; and\\nthe astonishing fecundity of all members\\nof the family is universally understood.\\nEveryone has read that, imported into\\nAustralia, the English wild hare over-\\nran the country and threatened to de-\\nstroy every green thing by sheer force\\nof numbers. We have all heard of the\\ndevices for killing them by poison and\\nstarvation. Yet this was the wild hare\\nwhich only drops two litters a year\\nand one pair at each litter. Neverthe-\\nless, his powers of reproduction were\\nenough to stagger the Australian gov-\\nernment, which offered a .reward of\\ntwenty-five thousand dollars for any\\ncertain method of exterminating him.\\nNow, the Belgian has from five to six\\nlitters a year and from eight to fifteen\\nat a litter. Had the Belgian been turned\\nloose in Australia instead of the wild\\nhare, there is no telling what the gov-\\nernment would have been driven to do.\\nThe following interesting table shows\\nthe possible increase from a single p. iir\\nof Belgian hares for five years, assum--\\ning that all lived for whatever period in-\\ntervened between their birth and the\\nend of the fiv3 years. The calculation\\nis based upon a single pair of Belgian\\nhares, six months old, to start with,\\nallowing each doe of the progeny to\\ndrop her first litter at six months of\\nage, and the litters to average eighty", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n13\\nthe sexes being equally divided. A\\nwell-cared-for doe will breed until she\\nis four or five years old. The calcula-\\ntion ends with the fifth year. So pro-\\nlific are these animals that, if permitted,\\na doe will drop a litter every thirty\\ndays all the year round, but in making\\nthis calculation they are only credited\\nwith six litters a year, or half the full\\nproducing capacity:\\nFIRST YEAR. No. Born. Total No.\\nSeptember i 8 lo\\nNovember i 8 i8\\nJanuary i 8 26\\nMarch i 40 66\\nMay I 72 138\\nJuly I 104 243\\nSECOND YEAR.\\nSeptember i 264 506\\nNovembar i 552 1,058\\nJanuary i 968 2,026\\nMarch i 2,024 4,050\\nMay I 4 232 8,282\\nJuly I 8,104 16,386\\nTHIRD YEAR.\\nSeptember i 16,200 32,586\\nNovember i 33,128 65,714\\nJanuary i 65,544 131,258\\nMarch i 130,344 261,602\\nMay I 262,856 524,458\\nJuly I 525,032 1,049,490\\nFOURTH YEAR.\\nSeptember i\\nNovember i\\nJanuary i\\nMarch i\\n1,046,408\\n2,097,832\\n4,197,960\\n8,383,592\\n2,095,898\\n4,193,730\\n8,391,690\\n16,775,282\\n33,550,202\\n67,116,962\\nMay 1 16,774,920\\nJuly I 33,566,760\\nFIFTH YEAR.\\nSeptember 1 67,101,128 134,218,090\\nNovember i 134,200,808 268,418,898\\nJanuary i 268,467,848 536,886,746\\nMarch i 546,872,360 1,083,759,106\\nMay I 1,073,675,592 2,157,434,698\\nJuly I 2,147,746,994 4,305,181,682\\nA brief calculation shows that, allow-\\ning each hare only tow square yards of\\nspace, it would require for the above\\nnumber 278 square miles. Allowing\\nan equal amount of ground for the pur-\\npose of raising hay, grain and roots to\\nfeed the hares, we have a total of 556\\nsquare miles, a good-sized ranch, almost\\nas large as Orange county, Cal. How-\\never, supposing the hares were only\\nworth $1 apiece the price would prob-\\nably fall off a little with such a large\\nstock on the market the owner of this\\nstock could well afford to buy Orange\\ncounty, including all the improvements,\\nand then could build the Nicaragua Canal,\\npay off the public debt of the United\\nStates, build 100 firstclass battleships,\\ngive $25 to each man, woman and child\\nin the United States, and still have left\\na neat little fortune of about $1,000,-\\n000,000.\\nNow take the product of two does and\\na buck for two years. This would be\\nthe product of one doe doubled. Thus\\ntwo does and a buck would have pro-\\nduced, in two years, 32,769. Doubling\\nthis we have the product of four does\\nand a buck for the same period, amount-\\ning to 65,538. While this result would\\nprobably never happen in its entirety,\\nyet the illustration shows the possibil-\\nities of the industry.\\nANOTHER INTERESTING COMPUTA-\\nTION.\\nThe above table of increase as given\\nin the first edition of this manual at-\\ntracted so much comment and attention,\\nhaving been extensively printed in other\\npublications, that we have thought it\\nwould be of interest to present the fol-\\nlowing estimate of the possible profits\\nof the Belgian industry. This estimate\\nis along the lines of the table already\\nmentioned, and based upon a state of\\naffairs approximating the ideal. But\\nwe believe it to be reasonable and fully\\nwithin the bounds of possibility.\\nWithout doubt, hare meat may be\\nproduced, on a small scale, at a cost of\\nnot more than four cents per pound.\\nHares may be kept in any backyard.\\nNot so with cows, hogs, or poultry, to\\nan extent that would leave any profit\\nto speak of. With the greater net pro-\\nfit in hares over any other live stock,", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "14\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nthe poor man may purchase in abundance\\nall of the commodities producetd by\\ncow, hog, or poultry.\\nWhen, from the labor of a boy not\\nmore than twelve years old, an in-\\ncome of over one thousand dollars a\\nyears is realised, certainly the possibil-\\nities for a grown person are very flatter-\\ning. It is no exaggeration to say that\\na wide-awake, methodical man may,\\nby devoting his entire time to the care\\nof hares, make per year from ten to\\ntwenty thousand dollars from the meat\\nfor market only. With a well-ap-\\npointed paddock system of rearing,\\nwater piped and all conveniences, ai\\nman can care for one thousand breeding\\ndoes, dress and ship the increase.\\nFrom this herd of one thousand does\\nshould come fifty thousand hares each\\nyear. At five pounds each, dressed,\\nand at twenty cents per pound, they\\nwould bring fifty thousand dollars. For\\nsafety, cut this estimate in half and\\nthen deduct twenty per cent. more. The\\nbalance is twenty thousand dollars. The\\nexpenses will not exceed five thousand\\ndollars per year. So we have fifteen\\nthousand dollars net profit.\\nTo many this estimate will seem un-\\nreasonably high. So we will reduce\\nthe price of meat to five cents a pound.\\nThis basis brings us twelve thousand\\nand five hundred dollars. Deducting ex-\\npenses, we have a profit of seven thous-\\nand and five hundred dollars, for one\\nman s yearly labor.\\nToo high, still, some people will\\nsay. Cut the price of the meat to two\\nand a half cents a pound. This still\\nleaves us six thousand, two hundred and\\nfifty dollars, gross, or a profit of twelve\\nhundred and fifty dollars, or over one\\nhundred dollars per month the (year\\nround.\\nBut hold! We have overlooked the\\nitem of the pelts from these fifty thous-\\nand hares which we skin before we mar-\\nket them. At forty cents each we have\\ntwenty thousand dollars for these. So\\nwe now have an income of twenty-one\\nthousand, two hundred and fifty dol-\\nlars, after paying all expenses. The\\npelts can easily be made to bring\\neighty cents each, by dying them black.\\nThis would bring up our income to\\nforty- one thousand, two hundred and\\nfifty dollars, per year, for one man s\\nlabor in caring for a thousand does. We\\nshall have to make another cut and call\\nthe meat only one cent a pound, which\\nbrings us down to thirty-six thous-\\nand, two hundred and fifty dollars.\\nStill this will seem too high for some\\nconservative people who are easily\\nfrightened by figures. So we will add\\nsix thousand dollars to the expense ac-\\ncount and call the net income thirty\\nthousand. But, by employing a few\\nmen to help do the work, and holding\\nthe does in the first two litters, each\\nyear, and allowing these to produce two\\nlitters each towards the close of the\\nyear, we can realize two hundred thous-\\nand dollars. This is on a basis of ten\\ncents per pound for the meat and fifty\\ncents each for the pelts surely not an\\nunreasonable basis.\\nCut this income in two, for expenses,\\nand we have left a profit of one hun-\\ndred thousand dollars. This calculation\\nis based upon an allowance of six litters\\nper year, which is too low. If but\\nthere is no use in extending this com-\\nputation further. There seems to be\\nsimply no limit to the possibilities of\\nthe product from a thousand breeding\\ndoes. Some day, not very far distant,\\nsome section of this country will see\\na plant which will prove these figures\\nand make a fortune for the owner.\\nWe quote in this connection a para-\\ngraph that has been making the rounds\\nof the press. The writer apparently\\nhad in mind the common rabbit. But\\nwhat he says applies to the Belgian\\nwith even greater force. Here is the\\nextract\\nRABBIT FARMING.\\nStrangers, especially Europeans, are\\noften surprised at the wastefulness ex-", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n15\\nhibited by agriculturists in this coun-\\ntry, while they are complaining of hard\\ntimes. Take, for instance, the rabbits,\\nwhich are so plentiful in some parts of\\nCalifornia as to be regarded as a nuis-\\nance, and a bounty offered for their\\nscalps. In other parts of the world\\nrabbits are made profitable by the can-\\nning of their flesh and the sale of their\\nskiRS. An exchange says:\\nRabbit farming has been begun in\\nKansas, and promises to be profitable.\\nIt is true that they call the rabbit\\nthere by the more impressive name of\\nhare, but he is the same old bunny,\\nnevertheless. A Mr. Lamphier is the\\npioneer rabbit farmer, but now nearly\\nthe whole of Kansas City is in the\\nbusiness, and a local statistician de-\\nclares that in a short time there will\\nbe more rabbits in Kansas City alone\\nthan there are in all the rest of the\\nState. The meat packers say there is\\nno flesh so well suited for canning\\npurposes as that of the rabbit, and that\\nwhen properly put before the public\\nit will bring fair prices. The pelts are\\nvaluable, too are worth as much as\\n25 cents each and are capable of being\\ndressed up so as to look like almost\\nany other fur than that of the despised\\nrabbit.\\nTHE RABBITRY.\\nWe emphatically condemn the prac-\\ntice advocated by many authorities of\\nbuilding little, cooped-up hutches, set\\nup from the ground, for the hare. The\\nhare requires not only air and food but\\nplenty of exercise and close contact with\\nthe earth. In a wild state he roams\\nthe earth and is the most healthy of\\nanimals. It is his nature to have wide\\nroom for exercise. Exercise is an anti-\\ndote to a surplus of fat and sickness.\\nIt tends to produce not only the finest\\nanimals from the standpoint of the fan-\\ncier, but the healthiest as well. Any-\\none who stops to think for a moment\\nabout the habits of the hare, as nature\\nintended him to live, will see the force\\nof this reasoning and will realize that,\\nin his domesticated condition, he should\\nbe kept as nearly as possible with sur-\\nroundings similar to those of his wild\\nstate. To confine the hares in such small\\napartments is equal to sacrificing fully\\none-half the income that may be de-\\nrived from them when managed as we\\nrecommend. Hares reared in the box\\nhutch do well if they dress one and\\na half pounds at two and a half months\\nof age. By our method of management\\nwe get three pounds of a far better\\nquality of meat at the same age, and a\\nmortality loss not to exceed six or eight\\nin a hundred of those dropped, while by\\nthe box-hutch method, fully fifteen\\nout of a hundred die. Our youngsters\\ntravel the length of our twenty-four-\\nfoot pens several times a day when fif-\\nteen to twenty days old. They are vig-\\norous, because of the extra freedom and\\nexercise enjoyed by their dams from in-\\nfancy to the delivery of the young. They\\nare a very active animal, and should\\nnot be deprived of this, the most prom-\\ninent feature of their nature. Give them\\nexercise on the earth, and less drugs,\\nand a smaller graveyard will be needed.\\nWe give herewith directions and speci-\\nfications for constructing two rabbitries,\\nthe first a smaller affair, for begiimers\\nand those who are not decided as to the\\nextent to which they will engage in the\\nbusiness of rearing Belgians. This rab-\\nbitry may be made larger or smaller\\naccording to circumstances. Our second\\nand more elaborate plan is for what we\\nconsider a model rabbitry, large enough\\nfor a somewhat extensive business and\\nequipped with every convenience.\\nThe six-pen rabbitry which v/e de-\\nscribe here will do very well for a trio,\\ntwo does and a buck, up to the time\\nthat the second litters are ready to\\nwean. By that time the owner will\\nprobably be enthusiastic enough as a\\nfancier to desire to extend his plant,\\nand the location should be so planned\\nthat an extension can be readily made,\\nif desired. As regards cost, we may\\nsay that the figures given are Los An-", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "16\\nTHE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\ngeles prices, which will vary in other\\nlocalities. In some places the cost will\\nbe higher; in others it will undoubtedly\\nbe less.\\nBefore constructing the pens, a roof\\nshould be set over the place selected for\\nthe rabbitry. This roof should be at\\nleast ten feet from the ground at the\\nridge and seven feet at the eaves. The\\nroof at the gables should project three\\nfeet to protect outside pens. The roof\\nshould be pitched in two direction^ as a\\nsingle-pitched roof permits the sun to\\ncome in at least half of the day. The\\nroof may be made of shakes or boards.\\nA cheap way is to overlap boards laid\\nlengthwise on rafters. In this way the\\nrafters can be put two or three times\\nas far apart as they would need to be if\\nshakes were used. Only light stuff, 2x4,\\nis required for the rafters. They may\\nbe placed six feet apart and will hold\\nthe roof for several years in good shape.\\nIn each pen at the side of the build-\\ning, that is, six feet from the inner\\ndoor, a wooden door should be placed,\\nat least five feet high, for convenience in\\npassing through. This door protects the\\nhares from draughts and stormy weather\\nand should be closed at night excepting\\nin very warm weather. Thus the hares\\nwill have a protected pen six feet\\nlong. Over this six feet a floor should\\nbe provided, either permanent or port-\\nable. This is especially necessary in\\nwinter. In place of the wooden door,\\ncanvas, or even burlaps, may be used.\\nThis may be raised and fastened at the\\nsides in pleasant weather and dropped\\nduring cool or stormy weather and at\\nnight.\\nOn the ground, under the roof, you\\nplace your hutches, dividing the space\\nroofed over the into subdivisions 3\\neither by 16 or 24 feet. The pen should\\nextend at least 8 feet beyond the roof,\\ngiving the hare a chance to sun himself\\nwhen he feels like it, as will happen\\noften in cool weather, or even mornings\\nand evenings in the summer. We like\\nthe manner of making panels full length\\nfor the sides of the pen. We use strips\\nof Oregon pine, 1x3, and the same ma-\\nterial for the ends. These panels should\\nbe five and a half feet wide, so that,\\nwhen they are set on edge, your pens\\nwill be five and a half feet\\nhigh. At this height an ordinary-sized\\nman can walk under with little stoop-\\ning. Have wire netting, one-inch mesh,\\ntwo feet wide, from the bottom up to a\\nstrip running lengthwise. Above this\\nfill a space three feet wide with two-\\ninch mesh wire netting, which completes\\nthe panel. The panels separating\\nthe different pens lengthwise\\nmust be laced with wire net-\\nting to the very top of the partitions.\\nOtherwise the hares will, by jumping\\nupon a feed box or getting a start in\\nsome other way, climb over from one\\npen to another, and then there will be\\ntrouble, for each hare brooks no intru-\\nsion upon his privacy.\\nHaving constructed your panels and\\nbeing ready to place them in position,\\nput two-inch wire nettinf upon the\\nbottom of each pen and fastcxi securely\\nto the edges of the panels. This is to\\nprevent burrowing and takes the place\\nof the cement floors advocated by the\\nconstructors of rabbitries in the East,\\nyet allows the hare to live on the ground\\nwhich is indispensable to health and\\nthrift in the greatest degree. Leave no\\nplace unfastened (where the hare can\\nbreak through. Cover over the top of\\nyour panels, when in position, with\\ntwo-inch wire netting to keep out cats\\nand dogs. Cats will enter the pens and\\ntake the young hares, from a day old\\nup to five or six weeks. Dogs will kill\\nany of them, old or young. The object\\nof using one-inch netting for partitions\\nand siding is to give sufficient strength\\nto guard against cats and dogs and also\\nto prevent the young hares from going\\nfrom one pen to another. One doe will\\nat once destroy the young of another.\\nFor extremely warm localities, such\\nas the San Joaquin and Sacramento\\nvalleys, Arizona and the Southern", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE BONAUZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n17\\nStates, where the air is dry and the\\ntemperature high for long periods, the\\nfollowing device will be found of great\\nbenefit, affording the hares a refugfe\\nfrom extreme heat:\\nNow take a large-sized cracker box,\\n24x14x16 inches. This will make an ex-\\ncellent basement, or cellar for the pen,\\nwhen the top of the box is removed, a\\npit dug and the box is turned over into\\nthe pit. Put a trap door into the box\\nafter it is sunk level with the surface\\nof the pen. Cut a hole in the end of\\nthe box nearest the end of the pen.\\nMake this hole about six inches wide\\nand a foot high. Now dig a runway\\ninto the earth so that the doe can enter\\nthis box through this opening. There\\nshe will make her nest and kindle,\\nor bring forth her young.\\nIn making the pens, the bottom of the\\ndoors should be hung at least a foot\\nfrom the ground, and it is best to have\\na spring on the doors, so that, when\\nyou enter the pen the door will close\\nafter yo Or, if the latch or fastening\\nbecomes -josened, the door will still be\\nclosed. A common spiral screen-door\\nspring serves the purpose. The advan-\\ntage of having this pit is that there is\\nalways a little excess of cool air and\\nmoisture in it during heated terms. Be\\nsure to carpet the bottom of this pit\\nand also the runway with the two-inch\\nmesh wire netting. Otherwise your doe\\nwill dig out and be lost or come to grief.\\nThe bucks dig very little, although they\\nwill help a doe dig if they are in the\\nsame pen. Cover the bottoms of the\\npens with dirt two or three inches deep,\\nso that the hares may dig until they\\nreach the wire netting underneath the\\nearth. This gives them something to\\ndo and is no detriment. Your rabbitry\\nis now complete.\\nAfter October the runway to this box\\nshould be covered up and filled with\\nearth so that it will be impossible for\\nthe doe to enter the box. Place another\\nbox right over it with a floor set up\\nthree inches from the ground, on legs\\nnailed to the corners of box. Make a\\ndouble-pitch roof to box so that she can\\nhave a perfectly dry place. There will\\nthen be no risk of the young drowning,\\nan accident which might occur in the\\nsummer cellar. We now have a home\\nfor our rabbit, which fills the require-\\nments as nearly as is possible in a state\\nof captivity.\\nOur Complete Plans for Rabbitries*\\nBelieving that the most effective and\\nsatisfactory method of conveying in-\\nformation is by direct and compact re-\\npresentation to the eye, we have had\\nfive drawings prepared of our designs\\nfor model and practical rabbitries. We\\npresent herewith reduced fac-similes of\\nthese five drawings. Two of these rep-\\nresent a perspective view and a ground\\nfloor plan of a cheaper rabbitry. The\\nothers are a perspective, a ground floor\\nplan, and a sectional view of our model\\nrabbitry. A moment s study of these\\nplans will show the conveniences and\\nutilities which we have embodied in\\nthese designs. In the plans of the model\\nrabbitry the reader will notice the capa-\\ncious runs for the hares, the exercise\\nand burrowing pens, the inner hutches\\nin the alley, the space available for hay\\nand grain, the office, workshop, where\\ncrates and other essentials may be con-\\nstructed, repairs made, and the general\\neffect of completeness in every detail.\\nWe also illustrate the most practical\\nwatering devise for a large rabbitry.\\nAs regards architecture, the style of this\\nmay be varied to suit the taste and purse\\nof the prospective builder, difference in\\nclimate and location, etc. The cost,", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "18\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n19\\nof course, would depend largely upon\\nthe material employed and the finish\\nof the building but from these plans\\nany contractor can prepare an estimate\\nof cost in accordance with the wishes\\noi the prospective owner. There are two\\npoints which we especially desire to\\nemphasize. The first is the convenience\\nand economy as a business proposition\\nin having so well equipped an establish-\\nment as that called for by our designs.\\nEvery phase of modem business life\\ncalls for concentration of energy and\\nperfection of equipment and the man\\nwho goes into the Belgian hare industry\\nwith the best preparation is the man\\nwho is most certain to succeed, as in all\\nother enterprises. The other point that\\nwe wish to call attention to is the\\ngratification of the owner s taste as a\\nfancier in constructing as elaborate a\\nbuilding as his means will permit.\\nMany of those who are engaging in\\nthis industry are persons of large capital\\nwho can do as they please in this regard.\\nHere is a new field for the exercise\\nof originality and enterprise. The true\\nfancier will be gratified by having a\\nbeautiful home for his pets. A man\\nwho alv/ays wants the best of every-\\nthing may have the best here as easily\\nas in constructing a residence or a\\nyacht.\\nIn matters of detail, especially of\\nornamentation, there is room for great\\nvariety. The business, too, will receive\\na new impetus when commodious and\\nsubstantial rabbitries are constructed\\nthroughout the land, for people will then\\nrealize, as never before, that this new\\nindustry has come to stay.\\nWe may state that we have had full\\nsized blue-print copies taken of these\\ndesigns and will forward to any address\\na full set of both designs for one dollar.\\nThese are drawn on a scale of 1-4 of\\nan inch to the foot and full specifications\\nare given, the whole being the product\\nof strictly-first class architects.\\nOur plan for a model rabbitry, as\\ngiven herewith, is based upon the\\nground-floor, open-air system of man-\\nagement, but with a modification of the\\nbox-hutch method added to provide\\nquarters for a large number of hares\\nwithin a given space. If ground-floor\\nquarters were to be given each hare,\\nall the time a modern rabbitry would\\ncover a plot of ground much larger than\\nmost breeders would care to devote to\\nit, and would be correspondingly diffi-\\ncult to care for.\\nHares reared in close confinement will,\\nfor a time while young, make rapid\\ngrowth, adapt themselves to circum-\\nstances, as is customary with youth ex-\\nhibit a very fair degree of spirit and a\\nfair condition of health up to five or six\\nmonths of age. This is true of the\\nstrongest of the litters; or, in other\\nwords, survival of the fittest obtains\\nunder such conditions. Still there will\\nbe a larger proportion of losses among\\nhares when reared under this manage-\\nment than when allowed as much free-\\ndom as possible and as many other ad-\\nvantages as is consistent with a state\\nof captivity.\\nThe fact that there has been success\\nto a certain extent in rearing hares in\\nclose confinement has led to the almost\\nuniversal practice. Few people keep any\\nclose account or make a thorough study\\nof the advantages of the two methods.\\nConsequently they are unable to de-\\ntermine which is the better, the box\\nhutch system or the ground-floor, open-\\nair method of management. A close\\naccount of births and deaths and also\\nof feed and labor shows clearly that\\nthe latter method has an advantage of\\nat least 50 per cent, over the former.\\nAs a matter of convenience a three-\\nstory high, box-hutch arrangement is\\nnecessary as a part of a well-appointed\\nrabbitry, as will be described hereafter.\\nA model rabbitry, will be built in the\\nfollowing manner: First, choose a level\\nspot upon which to place the building.\\nLocate the building facing east and west,", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "20\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n21\\nso that pens may be run out at both\\nsides of the building. The pens facing\\nthe east will get the sun one-half the\\nday and those on the west one-half the\\nday. And also so that it will be con-\\nvenient to get around the outer ends of\\nthe pens with a wheelbarrow or hand\\ncart for the purpose of cleaning and\\nfurnishing fresh loam to the pens. Make\\nyour building with a frame forty-eight\\nfeet long, thirty-two feet wide, with\\nposts at least sixteen feet high. A floor\\nmay be placed over the entire bottom\\nif desired but should be at least ten\\nfeet back from each side, leaving an\\naisle which should be twelve feet wide.\\nOn either side of this aisle should be a\\nrow of pens three feet wide with doors\\nopening into the aisle. At the side of\\nthe building, ten feet from this aisle,\\nhave another door to each pen and make\\nthese pens not less than twenty-four\\nfeet long, ten feet within the building\\nand fourteen outside. At the\\nbottom of the doors at the\\nside of the building make a small\\nopening suitable for the hare, say 8x14\\ninches, or the width of a board 10 or\\n12x14 inches.\\nHave this door arranged to drop with\\na flap of canvas, ducking, or any cloth\\nprotection, also with a board. In stormy\\nweather, or when heavy winds prevail,\\nthe door may be closed and the smaller\\nopening, if desirable, left so the hares\\ncan go through underneath the ducking\\nand yet prevent a strong current of wind\\nfrom blowing into the inside pen.\\nHave the sills of the doors opening\\nto the aisle at least one foot from\\nthe ground. Hang the doors with spring\\nhinges. Hares rarely ever jump out of\\na pen constructed in this way while\\nthe doors are open during feeding or\\nother work, but with a door opening\\neven with the floor they will run out,\\nnecessitating much watchfulness and\\ncare in closing the doors each time one\\nenters the pens to water, feed, clean,\\netc., and there is also danger of injury\\nto the hares in closing a door. Some-\\ntimes the hare is caught in the door\\nby the foot, sometimes by the tail or\\nhead and often hares are killed especially\\nthe young ones.\\nMake the doors opening into the aisle\\nof screen wire, also the space below each\\ndoor from the sill down of screen wire.\\nThis allows a free circulation of air\\non a level with the head of the hare.\\nNow, we have on each side of this\\nailse fourteen pens 3 feet wide, which\\ntake up 42 feet of our 48-\\nfoot building. Make one cabinet\\n16 feet long, 4 feet wide\\nand 6 feet high, outside measurements,\\nfloor of 1-2 inch stuff at the bottom,\\nanother one up two feet, and another\\none two feet higher still, or four feet\\nfrom the bottom. Divide the space\\nabove each floor lengthwise with one-\\ninch mesh wire. Now divide each section\\nabove the floor crosswise twice, making\\nthree apartments five and one-third feet\\nlong by two feet wide on each floor,\\nor eighteen apartments of this size in\\na cabinet. Use dressed lumber, seven-\\neights inch, dressed one side and edge\\nfor the frame, making the corners of\\nthree and four inch strips.\\nMake the stringers running length-\\nwise and those crosswise and those on\\nthe outside of the frame four inches\\nwide. On the top of the outer edge\\nnail for a plate a strip to strenghten\\nto the edge of the upright stringer run-\\nning lengthwise and crosswise. On the\\nbottom use a 1x3 hard wood of some\\nsort for a shoe, rough stuff, champered\\nat the ends. This is to serve as shoe\\nin moving this cabinet, to admit of\\nplacing a roller under it easily and to\\nstiffen the frame. Sliding doors should\\nbe full length of each apartment, that is,\\nmade so as to run open full length of each\\napartment. Use one-inch mesh wire\\non the sides, tops and ends of partitions\\nand in doors all the way through, double\\nselvedge wire is best as it may be\\nstretched so taut as to fairly ring. This", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "2:\\n*J^\\nA f^\\n1\u00c2\u00a7\\no", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\n2S\\nstrengthens the whole structure, doors\\nas well, and makes them very durable.\\nNow make one more cabinet of the\\nsame dimensions in every respect save\\nthat it is fourteen feet long. Place\\nthis cabinet in aisle next to the stairs\\nand lengthwise of the aisle. This\\nallows an aisle each side of the cabinet\\nfour feet wide. The 1 6-foot cabinet\\nis to be placed at the end of the aisle,\\nfurtherest from the stairs al-\\nlowing a passage way between,\\nfrom aisle to aisle on either\\nside of the cabinet. The cabinets may\\nbe spaced off into small apartments by\\nhaving a portable cross frame of wire\\nmade to hook in and be easily removed.\\nDivide space on each floor into two or\\nthree sections the same as with the\\ni6-foot cabinet, as may be desired. It\\nis a good plan to have some long runs\\nin these hutches for breeding bucks or\\nyoung animals being fitted for exhibition\\npurposes. This cage allows a 14-foot\\nrun and in it may he placed one cross-\\npanel a foot high, compelling the hare\\nto jump it as he goes from end to end\\nof the run and this, bucks and young\\nanimals will do for the mere fun and\\nscores of times each day. This gives\\nthem exercise and helps to develop the\\nlong, light, racy form, gives good ap-\\npetite, promotes growth and a vigorous\\ncondition, imparts to their coats a rich\\ncolor from skin outward and gives luster\\nto the surface of the coat.\\nThis 14-foot cabinet, used for\\nthis purpose, would be better to have\\nonly two floors in it and the height be-\\ntween each floor three feet. Then a\\n2-foot high panel might be placed\\nin the hutch which will give the hares\\na greater leap and serve for the purpose\\nof training for exhibition. This in-\\ndoor arrangement for fitting for exhib-\\nition purposes is necessary for a short\\ntime just before the exhibition, say\\nfifteen to thirty days, the chief ad-\\nvantages being that the hares will, if\\nallowed their ground-floor pens where\\nthey have been raised up to say five\\nto six months of age, often become lazy\\nand indolent and lie out in the sun a\\ngreat deal even when it is pretty warm,\\nin fall, winter and spring days and the\\nsun will bleach the ends of the hairs of\\nthe coat.\\nTake a hare from his regular home,\\nplace him in another apartment side by\\nside with a wire partition between him\\nand another hare, who has equal ad-\\nvantages to travel full length of the\\napartment, and the two will chase up\\nand down the run and travel miles and\\nmiles each day, something that we wish\\nto encourage. In this way, and by\\ngrooming daily, and many times a day,\\nwe bring the hare to a condition of flesh\\nthat is hard like a race horse, the con-\\ndition required by the Standard of Ex-\\ncellence.\\nIn the construction of any and all of\\nthese cabinets, it will be found very\\nconvenient to have portable cross panels\\nto divide the apartments. These cross\\npanels may be made of heavy wire\\nabout the size of a slate pencil, or per-\\nhaps 3-i6ths iron, this made into a\\nframe and the one-inch mesh wire\\nstretched over the sides and ends, allow-\\ning about one inch play at the top and\\nat both ends which will admit of its\\nbeing placed and removed very readily.\\nIt should also be provided with two or\\nthree hooks on each end to allow of its\\nfastening. With this you can divide up\\nyour space as occasion requires, allow-\\ning them full length of pen or making\\nthe space only 2 1-2 feet, confining the\\nhare in this room for a few days at a\\ntime when crowded for room, which will\\ndo no harm.\\nTo reduce all labor to a minimum,\\nuse a pipe for watering, 1-2, or 3-4, or\\na full inch, lay this on the floor of the\\npens next to the doors opening into the\\naisle and let each pen have a stand pipe\\nwith a funnel-shaped bowl at the top,\\nabout eight inches from the floor, this\\nlittle funnel to hold about one pint, and", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "24\\nTHE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a23dmiw^ Aannv", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n25\\nthe stand pipe to be attached to the\\nmain pipe with T s. This should be on\\na level. The main pipe should be on a\\nlevel. Now, with a hydrant at one end\\nof the rabbitry, connecting with both\\nrows or ground-floor pens, the 32 pens\\nmay be furnished with water by turn-\\ning one faucet, the water rising in these\\nfunnel-shaped cups at the top of the\\nstand pipes. A small stream of water\\nmay be allowed to run all the time, an\\noverflow pipe being attached to the fun-\\nnel-shaped cup at the fartherest end to\\ncarry off the overflow if, perchance, the\\nsupply should become too great, thus\\navoiding the wetting of the pens and\\nconsequent dampness, a condition al-\\nways to be guarded against.\\nEarthen and large open water vessels\\nafford an opportunity to the young hares\\nto fall and drown, or, if not drown, to\\ntake cold, which often results in either\\ndeath or a deformed condition. An-\\nother objection is that the wind blows\\ndust and dirt into these open vessels,\\nand the hares in the pens kick the filth\\ninto the water and it becomes contami-\\nnated and, if used, produces serious re-\\nsults to the health of the hares. Noth-\\ning is as important as absolutely fresh\\nand clean water.\\nEight feet from the ground, place an-\\nother floor in this building, running a\\nflight of stairs up at the\\nend of alley nearest to the office\\nProvide the ends of this building on a\\nlevel with this floor, with large doors\\nto admit of the entrance of hay and\\nstraw. Make this floor of matched stuff\\nand sufficiently strong to hold large\\nquantities of loose hay.\\nPlace eave troughs on the building.\\nMake sliding doors of boards at both\\nends of the ground floor, also inside\\ndoors of wire to close up in extremely\\nhot weather, or at times when you wish\\nto throw the board doors wide open,\\nthese wire doors preventing stray dogs\\nfrom entering the rabbitry during ab-\\nsence of manager. The entire end of the\\nlower floor of the building should be so\\nconstructed as to enable one to throw\\nit wide open during hot weather, allow-\\ning free admittance of air to the build-\\ning excepting when heavy winds pre-\\nvail.\\nA rabbitry of this size contains\\nsixty-two pens; thirty- two cabinet pens\\nand thirty ground floor pens. This\\nwill furnish plenty of space for twenty\\nbreeding does and the increase, al-\\nlowing three stud bucks to the herd. The\\naverage number of hares that this rab-\\nbitry is likely to contain with these\\nbreeding does will be two hundred and\\nfifty head. This number of hares will\\nrequire all the air that will circulate\\nthrough a building of this size and it\\nshould be allowed them except, as stated\\nabove, when high winds and fog pre-\\nvail.\\nAn automatic chute might be\\narranged and connected with grain\\nbins above, the grain room one\\nthat could be shut off at\\nwill and is full as long as there is a\\nsupply of grain above. One of these\\nshould be provided for oats and one for\\nbran, for we may say there is no food\\nas good for the hare as light-weight\\nbran and oats. In the grain room\\nthere should be placed some sort of a\\ncooking apparatus such as will permit\\nthe preparation of hot mashes and of\\nhot waten This room will\\nbe six by eight feet, for\\nthis purpose. This room will also be of\\ngreatest value in treating hares that\\ntake cold or have any similar disease.\\nPlacing them in this room and raising\\nthe temperature until they are thor-\\noughly warm as described more fully\\nin our chapter on diseases is often the\\nonly way to presei ve their lives. Such\\nan apartment as this, to be used as a\\nnursery and a sanitarium, is as es-\\nsential to a well-equipped rabbitry as\\nthe pens. It may frequently save the\\nlife of a hundred-dollar hare.\\nIn preparing this apartment, due care\\nwill be taken, of course, to guard against\\nfire by having the chimney well ce-", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "26\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n27\\nmented and protected by galvanized\\niron. Full arrangements should be made\\nfor ventilating this room.\\nIn dividing off your rabbitry into pens\\nyou may either make the partitions\\nsolid or construct panels which may af-\\nterwards be put in place. If made solid,\\nthe upper edges of the wire netting will\\nbe attached to the upper floor and the\\nlower edges to the lower floor. The\\nportions outside should be made of pan-\\nels, as these are more portable and it\\nwill undoubtedly be necessary, once in\\ntwo or three years, to take up the wire\\nnetting which carpets the pens, and to\\nstir up the soil, removing three or four\\ninches deep from the surface and replac-\\ning this with fresh earth. The contin-\\nuous use of the same soil for so long a\\ntime will inevitably, sooner or later,\\ncause sickness among the stock through\\npoisoning the earth, unless it is renewed\\noccasionally. The same thing is true of\\nfowls, hogs, sheep and cattle when they\\nare kept in close confinement.\\nThe inner portion of the pens, that\\nwhich is floored, should be covered with\\na coat of heavy tar or roofing paper to\\nprevent the floors from becoming satu-\\nrated with the secretions. The same\\nshould be used in the box hutches and\\nshould be renewed occasionally. Fresh\\nloam should be used on the floors of the\\nground-floor pens inside and often out-\\nside. A good sprinkling of fresh loam\\nsweetens the air. Dust boxes about\\ntwelve by sixteen inches in area and\\nthree or four inches in depth, with an\\ninch or two of loam, which is preferable\\nto sand, will be used by the hares, if\\nplaced in the pens and they are readily\\ncleaned. In the cabinet hutches the\\nhares will lie on this earth a good share\\nof the time, even when it has become\\nfilthy to a degree, showing their fond-\\nness for getting close to the earth. These\\nboxes can very easily be emptied of\\ntheir contents, after they have become\\nfoul, by dumping them into a hand car.\\nThe man attending them can manage\\ntwo cars at the same time, one to carry\\noff the foul earth and one to bring fresh\\nloam to take its place. This process\\ncan be repeated as often as is necessary,\\nperhaps twice a week. This keeps the\\nrabbitry in a sanitary condition and re-\\nduces labor to a minimum.\\nThe partitions between the pens\\nshould be made of one-inch mesh wire\\nfor two feet above the floor, above that\\nof two-inch mesh wire. Having allowed\\neight feet between the ground floor and\\nthe floor of the second story, we shall\\nfind it cheaper to put the wire in solid\\nrather than to make panels. If panels\\nare desired, the frames should be made\\nof 1x3 Oregon pine.\\nA desirable feature of the rabbitry,\\nwhere practicable, would be an open\\nspace in the second floor above the tier\\nof cabinet hutches for ventilation, es-\\npecially in hot weather. This arrange-\\nment would leave floor-space in the\\nsecond story ten feet wide from the\\nplates towards the center of the\\nbuilding on each side, and an open\\nspace twelve feet wide over the cabinet\\nhutches.\\nTo strengthen the wires and panels\\noutside of the building, it is a good plan\\nto run strands of heavy wire, such as\\nis used for baling hay, four inches apart,\\nfrom the ground up for about three feet\\nhigh. Draw these tight and fasten them\\nwith heavy staples; the sort used for\\nbarbed wire is the best. Place these at\\nintervals of about eight or ten feet.\\nDogs attacking the pens will invariably\\nmeet with defeat when these precautions\\nare used. They grab at the wire which\\nlacerates their jaws, starts them to\\nbleeding and disconcerts them. All\\nthe pens should be covered overhead,\\nwith two-inch mesh wire netting to keep\\nout cats which, if not prevented, will\\nkill the young hares. The does do not\\npay much attention to the young after\\nthey are three or four weeks old and\\ncannot be depended upon to drive away\\ncats, even if they were able to over-\\ncome them.\\nThe bottoms of the outside pens should", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "SQUARE\\nWIRE\\nFEET.\\nMESH.\\n924\\ni-in.\\n2 ft. wi(\\n1386\\n2-\\n3\\n560\\nI-\\n2\\n840\\n2-\\n3\\n84\\nI-\\nI\\n700\\nI-\\n2k\\nII76\\n2-\\nII76\\n2-\\n504\\n2-\\n6\\n96\\nI-\\n96\\nI-\\n28 THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nBILL FOR WIRE FOR MODEL RABBITRY.\\n2 ft. wide wire netting, for Panels of Outside Runs.\\nOutside Runs.\\nPartitions of Inside Runs.\\nPartitions of Inside Runs.\\nUnder doors enter g Inside Runs from Alley\\nOutside and Inside End Doors to Runs.\\nCarpeting entire surface of Outside Runs.\\nCovering tops of Panels to Outside Runs.\\nFences of Outside Alle3^\\nGates to Outside Alley.\\nGates to double doors at ends of Inside Alley\\nBILL FOR LUMBER FOR MODEL RABBITRY.\\nFEET.\\n28 Pieces 3x3x16 for Outside Studding 336\\n378\\n396\\n90\\n252\\n168\\n192\\n280\\n1050\\nno\\n516\\nIICj\\n40\\n25\\n270\\n1200\\nI4M\\n2.\\n2 3x6.\\n1 For Panels, 1 360\\n120 Pieces 1x3x14 I I\\nCross Pieces to Panels, 135\\n45 1x3x12\\nf Door Frames, r\\n28\\n3x3x20 Inside Studding supporting purloin,\\n33\\n3x3x16 End Studding,\\n15\\n2x3x12 Gable Studding,\\n12\\n3x6x14 Underpinning Sills,\\n24\\n2x3x14 Plates,\\n6\\n2x6x32 Middle Joists,\\n28\\n2x6x10 Joists\\nT. G. Flooring,\\n5 Pieces 2x4x32 for Sealing Joists-,\\n34\\n2x4x22 Rafters,\\n10\\n1x6x22 1\\n1\\n_\\n10\\n5\\n30\\nQ 1 Collar Beam\\n1x6x8\\nJ Braces and\\n1 Bridging.\\n1x6x18 j\\n1\\n1\\n1\\nJ\\nSheeting,\\n1x4\\nShingles,\\nWindows,\\nSkylights, 2 8x32.\\n254\\nI Panels for Outside,\\n9 1x3x12\\n70 1x3x24\\nPanels for Outside, 90\\nJ Alley Fences, J 90\\n3 Lap Rustic _ 2900\\n4 Fluted Corners.\\n20 Windows.\\n4 Sliding Doors with Frames.\\n2 Inside Eastlake Doors with Frames.", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n29\\nbe covered with two-inch mesh wire net-\\nting. Take strips either four or six feet in\\nwidth, and a two foot width\\nlay them down upon the ground\\nside by side. Place a strip of\\ntimber across each end and fasten the\\nstrips together with one long strand of\\nwire, weaving it in and out, bringing\\nthe selvedge ends of the wire together,\\ntaking stitches at intervals of from six\\ninches to a foot. Cover this flooring\\nover with about an inch of dirt. The\\nouter edge of the wire netting should\\nbe brought up to the stringer of the\\npanel in end pens and fastened with\\nstaples leaving no opening through\\nwhich the young hares can elope. They\\nwill slip out through one that is sur-\\nprisingly small.\\nThe pen of each breeding doe must\\nbe furnished with a nest-box. A good\\nbox for this use is an ordinary, thirty-\\npound cracker box. If the pen is floored\\nthe box will not need to have a bottom;\\notherwise it is better to leave the bot-\\ntom of the box. Attach hinges to the\\ncover so that this may readily be lifted\\nin order that the litters may be exam-\\nined. On the bottom of the box divide\\noff a space about twelve by eighteen\\ninches by a partition three inches high.\\nThis will confine the nest which the\\ndoe makes and will keep the young\\nfrom falling out.\\nThis rabbitry is intended for twenty\\nbreeding does and three bucks. This\\nwill permit the holding of the first lit-\\nters until they are old enough to breed\\nand also of separating the bucks at\\nthree months of age, giving each buck\\na separate apartment by using the cab-\\ninet hutches, allowing each buck to re-\\nmain in one of these for a week or ten\\ndays, allowing exercise every two or\\nthree days, then giving him a few days\\noutside and continuing a change about\\nin rotation until the rabbits are sold.\\nThe hutches and pens should all be\\nsupplied with automatic grain feeders\\nand hay racks, in addition to the nest\\nboxes and the arrangements for water-\\ning already described. Then the rab-\\nbitry is fully equipped for the reception\\nof its foundation stock. The hay rack\\nwhich we use is made of heavy wire and\\nis so constructed that the rabbit s head\\ncannot be caught in the wires. In some\\nforms of hay racks used, the hare is\\nlikely to hang himself or to get his ears\\ntorn. The automatic grain feeder is\\nconstructed as follows: It is a botx\\nhaving a diagonal slant on one side\\nmade of tin or iron. This goes down\\nwithin an inch of the bottom, with a\\nhalf-inch space between the back of the\\nbox and the slide at the bottom of the\\ninside. The grain falls through this to\\nthe bottom of the box, and, as fast as\\nthe supply is eaten away, more will\\nfollow. This may be adjusted to supply\\nmore or less as desired. The feeder\\nshould be about sixteen inches long and\\nten inches high. The base should be\\nfooir inches wide, all made of galvan-\\nized iron. The width at the top, be-\\ntween the slide and the back, should be\\nabout four inches. Have a hinged cover,\\nor lid, across the top. Such a box will\\nhold enough mixed bran and oats to\\nlast a doe and her litter from three to\\nsix days, according to the age of the\\nyoung. We make it a rule to fill ours\\nMondays and Thursdays of each week,\\nbut look to the supply daily. If the\\nstand-pipe and funnel-cup system of\\nsupplying water cannot be employed, a\\nquart water fountain is the proper size.\\nIt should be set upon a shelf about a\\nfoot high. When a young litter begins\\nto run about, the height of the drinking\\ncup should be so arranged that they can-\\nnot get any water until five or six weeks\\nold. Until that time they will get suf-\\nficient liquid from nursing. Like some\\nhumans, if allowed to drink, they will\\ndrink too much. Cold water, or any cold\\nliquid, disturbs their circulation, which,\\nin turn, retards digestion, causing a\\nfermentation of food. Colic, slobbers\\nor some other intestinal derangement is\\nthe final result.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "30\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nBREEDING AND REARING.\\nHaving built a rabbitry we start in\\nwith a herd as a foundation in proportion\\nwith the limits of our purse and of the\\nbusiness that we hope to establish. For\\na small rabbitry four does and one buck\\nwill do very well. If desired the four\\ndoes could be increased to twenty-five\\nand the one buck would answer equally\\nwell as with the four, but most breeders\\nprefer different strains of blood and a\\ngood proportion is one buck to six or\\neight does. In all cases the bucks should\\nnot be akin to the does. The does\\nwill take the buck at five months of age\\nand it is well to breed them then before\\nthey become too fat. The best speci-\\nmens are obtained from mating young\\ndoes with bucks that are fully matured.\\nThe bucks should be the best obtain-\\nable. He should be allowed a long pen,\\none twenty-four feet in length is about\\nright, so that he may have plenty of\\nroom for exercise. Two bucks should\\nnot be placed in adjoining pens, because\\nunder such circumstances both will be\\nconstantly in a state of frenzy and will\\nbecome weakened and perhaps impotent.\\nWhen breeding is intended place the\\ndoe in the same pen with the buck.\\nNever take the buck to the pen with the\\ndoe. Never lift the doe by the ears.\\nHarm is certain to follow this practice.\\nAlways get her into a corner of the pen\\nwith her head turned towards you. Place\\none hand under her haunches and lift\\nher up permitting her head to rest upon\\nthe other arm or under the arm. If\\nthe head is hidden hares usually will\\nnot struggle. As soon as they become\\naccustomed to this method of lifting\\nthem and learn that it will not hurt\\nthem they become very tractable. As\\nan aid to the lifting the free hand may\\ngrasp a handful of fur and skin over\\nthe shoulders, but it is best not to lift\\nthem entirely by the skin because, if\\nthey struggle, the skin may be torn un-\\nderneath resulting in clotted blood which\\nmay ruin the animal. Sometimes hares\\nthat are not accustomed to being handled\\nwill strike with their hind feet with\\ngreat force, often cutting the flesh of the\\nperson attempting to hold them, to the\\nbone. When does are in season the\\nservice will be satisfactorily accom-\\nplish in two covers. Never permit more.\\nThe doe should be watched for about\\nfive minutes after she is placed in the\\nwith the buck and if she refuses she\\nshould be at once returned to her pen.\\nA trial should be made every three days.\\nOccasionally, although rarely, a doe will\\nmiss. Do not allow a doe and a buck\\nto remain together all day. One or the\\nother will be worried and thereby in-\\njured. The does will kindle in thirty\\ndays from the time of service. There\\nare recorded, instances where they went\\nover time one or two days. Occasionally\\na doe vnll be found which will drop\\nonly five or six young, but this is no\\ndisadvantage because these will usually\\nmake up in size and weight what they\\nlack in numbers. But probably ninety\\nper cent, of the does drop from eight\\nto twelve at a litter. It is safe to count\\nupon eight as an average. This is\\nespecially true when the does are allowed\\nonly six litters a year, which number has\\nbeen found to be the most profitable,\\neverything considered. It is a fact, how-\\never, that the doe will take service in\\none hour after having kindled and will\\nkindle again in thirty days.\\nThe young will begin to eat hay and\\ngrain at about two weeks of age, when\\nthey should have a tray at least a foot\\nsquare with one-inch sides, and a con-\\nstant supply of bran and oats. When\\nfive weeks old they will be large enough\\nto get their grain from the doe s auto-\\nmatic grain feeder, when the tray should\\nbe removed. Occasionally a doe will be\\nfound that will drop from twelve to\\nfifteen young every litter. In such cases\\nit is necessary to have a nurse doe to\\nassist in raising the litter. Never\\nallow more than ten to be reared at\\nmost. Occasionally a barren doe is", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n31\\nfound; but not more than one in a\\nhundred, either of does or bucks, is likely\\nto prove barren. Before rejecting an\\napparently barren doe, try her to dif-\\nferent bucks, and allow three services\\neach heat. Test her from three to five\\ndays in succession. Follow this course\\nfor a couple of months, and if she still\\nfails to breed, make meat of her at once.\\nDo not sell her to some amateur to start\\na herd with, or to some inexperienced\\nand unsuspecting person. Keep a care-\\nful record of your stock, and so avoid\\nlosses of this sort.\\nGood care of the buck, and unusually\\ndainty dishes are well repaid for in the\\nnumber and vigor of his offspring. The\\ntuck is really one-half of the herd. He\\nshould be handled little, except upon the\\nground. He makes vigorous objections\\nto having his ears pulled, and often does\\nhimself injury in his struggles to free\\nhimself from the hands of a captor.\\nWhen he must be handled, keep him off\\nfrom the ground the shortest possible\\ntime; but he will submit to petting\\nas readily as a doe, if he is not pulled\\nabout or squeezed or bunched in the arms.\\nPlace him in your lap or upon a small\\ntable, and he will permit himself to\\nhe stroked. The does are also tractable\\nin this respect. Never strike a hare,\\neven if he scratches your hands with\\nhis hind feet when being handled.\\nAbout a week before the time for\\nA doe to bring forth a litter, see that she\\nis plentifully supplied with dry straw\\nor hay. With this she will build a\\nnest for the expected brood. This she\\nwill line with her hair plucked from her\\nown breast, making a soft and warm\\nreceptacle for the tender nurslings. Do\\nnot attempt to make the nest for the doe.\\nShe would not be satisfied v/ith yoi:r\\nworkmanship, but wants a nest of a\\npeculiar inverted-cone shape in which\\nshe covers up the young every morning\\nfor the day. When born, the young are\\nhairless and their eyes are closed. They\\nopen their eyes in about a week. At about\\nthe twentieth day they will leave the\\nnest and eat little pieces of bran that\\nmay be placed on a tray near the box.\\nThey will soon nibble choice morsels\\nof hay.\\nWe are not in favor of the common\\npractice of testing does after they have\\nbeen bred as we have known many in-\\nstances where serious harm has re-\\nsulted. In some cases that we know of,\\ndoes took the buck a secoiid time after\\nbeing served and littered two different\\nlots of young at two different times.\\nIn each instance either the doe or the\\nlitter, or both, died. The chances are\\nall in favor that the doe is satisfactorily\\nbred if she submits to the buck at all,\\na point that can be very easily de-\\ntermined by observation. The hare is\\nsuch a fertile ariimal that there is very\\nlittle probability that a doe will miss.\\nIf, however, fifteen days have elapsed\\nfrom the date of service and the owner\\nis very doubtful upon this point the\\ndoe may be tested by placing her again\\nin the pen of the buck. If she avoids\\nhim, runs about the pen and, especially,\\nif she utters plaintive little cries, or\\nwhinnyings, you may be certain that\\nshe is bred. You should remove her at\\nonce and should not repeat the testing\\nprocess. For ourselves, we would rather\\nrun the risk of a doe going over a month\\nor two without a litter than the risk\\nof serious injury to her from testing.\\nAs already stated we prefer to breed does\\nwhen about five months of age to prevent\\ntheir becoming too fat, as is often the\\ncase when they are held from the buck\\nuntil they are six or seven months old.\\nWhen too fat they are likely to suffer\\nfrom fever at the time of kindling, to\\nhave caked udders, to take cold and often\\nto die.\\nYoung bucks may be permitted a doe\\nonce in five or six days for two months,\\nafter the buck is five months of age.\\nBut it is better to keep him from breed-\\ning until he is seven months old as he\\nwill develop faster and will be in every\\nway a more hardy and vigorous animal.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "32\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nAfter the first two months of breeding\\nallow him two does a week for another\\nmonth, then three a week for a month or\\ntwo. Then give him a complete rest for\\na month or two. These rules apply es-\\npecially to high-class stock. If you have\\na cheap buck you need not be quite so\\nparticular about him.\\nThe young bucks must be carefully\\nwatched as they develop, especially if\\nseveral are kept in a pen together. Of-\\nten one OT two bucks in a herd of fifteen\\nor twenty will develop faster than the\\nothers and will castrate nearly all the\\nrest of the lot. Sometimes this opera-\\ntion will be performed so neatly that\\nthe victim does not suffer much incon-\\nvenience and may be permitted to grow\\nuntil he is worth something for meat.\\nAt other times the operation, so sum-\\nmarily performed, is not very success-\\nful and the victim dies. The only cer-\\ntain way of preventing these unfor-\\ntunate occurrences is to separate the\\nbucks at ten, or at most, twelve weeks\\nof age, giving each a separate pen.\\nA high-type buck can get as many as\\na thousand of his progeny within a pe-\\nriod of a year. Say that you commence\\nto use him at his fifth or sixth month\\nand breed him twice a week, allowing\\nthe average of ten to the resulting lit-\\nters. The buck may be given a few\\nextra breedings to make up for losses\\nand disappointments. Allow him three\\nyears for service and call his get that\\nsurvive two thousand. One half of these\\nwill be does. These does will produce\\nan average of fifty per year, each, after\\narriving at maturity. Thus the thous-\\nand does will produce fifty thousand\\nyoung the second year. Certainly this\\nis a cause for alarm to the calamity\\nhowlers of our country and the best\\npossible argument for expansion.\\nNever breed a buck intended for ex-\\nhibition purposes until after he has made\\nhis record upon the exhibition tables.\\nBreeding almost invariably thickens the\\njaw, dims the lustei of the coat and\\ndetracts from the rating of the buck\\nanywhere from half a point to three\\npoints.\\nMANAGEMENT AND CARE IN\\nGENERAL.\\nHares should have at all times an\\nabundance of food, water and air and\\nan opportunity for exercise. We have\\ndevised a permanent hay rack and a\\npermanent self-feeding grain box, which\\nwork like a charm. The fresh water\\nshould be renewed twice a day, in the\\nsummer. In the winter fresh water\\nonce a day is sufficient, but the supply\\nshould be constantly accessible. The\\nidea formerly advanced by rabbit fan-\\nciers that water should be given spar-\\ningly, if at all, is utterly absurd, as\\nwell as cruel and inhumane. If green\\nxlfalfa,i .or grassj, olr other succulent\\nfood, such as carrots, is fed daily, hares\\nwill require little water, but neverthe-\\nless water should always be kept before\\nthem after they are four months of age.\\nThe hare can endure cold much bet-\\nter than extreme heat, but, if shade is\\nprovided, the warmest summer days will\\nnot be sufficiently hot for injury. The\\nonly conditions necessary to secure, and\\nthese are very easily obtained, are\\nshade for summer and protection from\\nstorms. We have lost a few hares from\\nthe excessive heat of extremely hot\\ndays, but such loss was always owing\\nto our neglect to provide sufficient\\nwater and shade, following the rules of\\nalleged authorities, or when in the hurry\\nof moving, or something of that sort.\\nThese that we speak of were full-grown\\nanimals, and were over-fat. We had\\nnot then fully realized the bad effects\\nof a very hot sun. The hare must have\\naccess to a perfectly dry place for pro-\\ntection from storms. He should have\\na space protected by a roof at least\\neight feet wide, built lengthwise of the\\npens. This roof should be up from the\\nground, giving plenty of space over-\\nhead for ventilation.\\nHares relish hot water and will sip\\nit at a temperature about as hot as", "height": "3370", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n33\\ncan be borne on the hand when the water\\nis turned into the vessel from which the\\nhare is to drink. This hot water should\\nbe offered to the doe after kindling and\\nher youngsters when the litter is about\\ntwo weeks of age. This is the time\\nwhen the youngsters commence to eat\\nbran and straw or hay. Since the doe\\nnurses her young only in the night, they\\nneed some liquid with their breakfast\\nof bran or hay, which they usually re-\\nceive about six ox seven o clock in the\\nmorning, also at noon and towards\\nnight, when they are given their last\\nmeal.\\nBetter than the hot water is hot milk\\nor a gruel prepared by turning boiling\\nwater upon bran or by boiling bran and\\nrolled oats in water for from five to ten\\nminutes, then straining, leaving only\\nthe liquid gruel which should be about\\nthe consistency of a heavy soup, so that\\nthe hares can lap it. When preparing\\nmilk do not permit it to boil but give\\nit hot without boiling.\\nHares should always be protected from\\ndraughts when confined in quarters too\\nnarrow for exercise. Strong currents of\\nair bring colds. Young hares, three\\nmonths and younger, crowd together in\\nconfinement, apparently desiring to\\nscreen themselves from the light. In\\nthis way, those in the middle of the pile\\nbecome overheated. Their systems are\\nweakened and they are rendered liable\\nto take cold readily. The wild rabbit\\nis often seen sitting on a rock or log\\non a still, cold day, but when the wind\\nblows you will always find him either\\nby the side of a log to shelter himself\\nfrom the wind, or in a brush pile. But\\nyou will always find him with his head\\nout to secure the fresh air. His heart\\nbeats with the astonishing rapidity of\\none hundred and eighty beats per min-\\nute, and his respiration is more than\\ntwice as rapid as it is in man.\\nThe twigs of the black willow tree,\\nfound in some localities, is an article\\nof diet greatly relished by either wild\\nor tame rabbits. They should be fur-\\nnished occasionally, when procurable,\\nnot as an article of food or medicine,\\nbut on the general principle that, these\\nbeing something eaten by the hare in his\\nwild state, they are adapted to him and\\ntend to keep him in health. The nearer\\nwe can bring all the conditions surround-\\ning the hare to a state of nature, the\\nbetter we shall succeed with him. The\\nwillow twigs may be gathered, tied in-\\nto bundles and dried. In the dry state\\nthey will furnish those vegetable ele-\\nments necessary to counteract the ill\\nconditions to which hares are liable when\\ndeprived of the roots, barks, berries and\\nshrubs that they would obtain in a wild\\nstate.\\nBurnt willow charcoal, or, in the ab-\\nsence of that, any kind of charcoal, pul-\\nverized, and mixed with the grain once\\nor twice a week should be fed, espe-\\ncially where grain is fed largely, as with\\na doe and the buck that are being bred\\nfrequently. Roots and the tops of the\\nwild dandelion, docks, mints, and many\\nwild shrubs and herbs are beneficial to\\nthe hare. One may experiment in these\\ndirections, commencing gradually and\\nproceeding with caution and should en-\\ndeavor to determine the varieties of\\nwild growth common in his locality that\\nwill assist in promoting health and\\nlongevity in these pets of ours. Unques-\\ntionably, the hare in his wild state eats\\nof these various growths at certain sea-\\nsons of the year, and finds in them an\\nantidote to certain diseases that some-\\ntimes become epidemic. During March\\nand April in the East, and during other\\nmonths in different portions of the\\ncountry, there is a transition between\\nwinter and summer weather. It is dur-\\ning this transition, and similar changes\\nat other portions of the year, that there\\nis most sickness both among men and\\nanimals. Nature teaches the hare to\\npartake of certain food elements at\\nthese periods which assist him in avoid-\\ning and in recovering from these attacks.\\nInstinct is the best teacher and, as we,\\nof course, lack that instinct, we cannot", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "34\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\niJPQdiM", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n35\\nprovide for the hare in this respect, just\\nas he would provide for himself. But\\nwe ought to make an intelligent study\\nof the subject and to assist him as much\\nas possible.\\nCARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE\\nDOE.\\nWe are not likely to give too much\\nattention to the care and management\\nof the doe, especially during her breed-\\ning periods. Prolific as she is she will\\ndeteriorate and suffer unless she has the\\nvery best of care. We should\\nconstantly bear in mind that\\nher way of life, in captivity,\\nis necessarily artificial as compared with\\nthe wild state. For this reason she\\nneeds constant attention and intelligent\\nmanagement. The best results can be\\nsecured only by experience and attentive\\nobservation.\\nIf the doe must be kept in small\\nquarters she should be allowed an ap-\\nproach to mother earth during the period\\nof gestation and an opportunity to bur-\\nrow in the ground. It is well enough\\nto let her dig a hole and make a nest,\\nbeing kept in the burrowing pen until\\na week or even five days before her time\\nof kindling. Then place her in a pen\\nnext by, supplied with nest box and\\nstraw and she will prepare a new nest\\nin which she will kindle. This digging\\nand burrowing is the best possible treat-\\nment to bring her into condition for\\nkindling. She will become strong, will\\nhave a healthy appetite, will deliver bet-\\nter, will be much less liable to contract\\na cold at the time of delivery and will\\nmilk much more freely than she could\\nmilk without this preparatory condition-\\ning. As a result the young will be much\\nhardier and more active. A good plan\\nis to fit up one pen with a pile of loam\\nsay five or six bushels, and to turn a\\ndoe into this pen for two or three weeks\\nbefore littering time and let her dig and\\nwork.\\nGreat care must be taken to prevent\\nthe doe from contracting cold the day\\nshe kindles. Do not allow her to have\\ncold water for two days at this time.\\nGive hot water instead. Do not feed\\nany grain for four days after littering\\nand no succulent foods except a small\\namount of carrots. Examine the nest\\nwithin a dew hours after the doe has\\nlittered. Some authorities forbid this,\\nbut the modern, high-type hare is not\\nas touchy as the old-time types used to\\nbe. They have been petted and handled\\nuntil a willingness for petting and hand-\\nling has been bred into them. It is rare\\nthat a hare of either sex will make vio-\\nlent efforts to free itself when taken in\\nhand if it is not handled roughly.\\nI like to remove all but five or six of\\neach litter to nurse does. They will then\\nget abundance of milk and will grow\\nstrong and vigorous. In order to make\\nsure of capacity in nurse does I breed\\ntwo nurse does for each thoroughbred\\nBelgian doe. One may fail. If both\\nkindle, so much the better. With a lit-\\nter of twelve, I then divide them evenly,\\ngiving four to each nurse doe and leav-\\ning four with the mother. This plan re-\\nsults in grand youngsters.\\nI prefer a high-grade nurse doe, if\\npossible a half-bred Belgian or any\\ncheap Belgian, to any common rabbit.\\nA pure-bred Belgian is much better than\\na mongrel. Angoras are usually very\\nproductive of fleas, while the shroter-\\nhaired Belgian is troubled but very little,\\nif any. There is no variety of rabbit\\nequal to the Belgian as a mother or\\nbreeder. Do not rush a brood doe the\\nyear round. Better always allow a rest\\nfrom breeding during the months of July,\\nAugust and September, or for sixty days\\nat this period, at least. Bucks should\\nalso have their dormant season during\\nsummer.\\nHandle the does and bucks by hand.\\nThe transfer-box is unnecessary with\\nhigh-type hares. Do not feed barley,\\ncorn or wheat to milking does. These\\ngrains are too fattening to be used at\\nthat period. In general and always oats\\nand lightweight bran are the best grain\\nfoods. It is best, after a doe has had", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "36\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\none litter, to feed her no grain until\\nshe is about half gone with another\\nlitter. Then she may have bran and a\\nlittle oats regularly until she kindles.\\nThen withhold the grain for three days.\\nThen commence to feed her bran and\\nhav, gradually adding oats until, ten\\nor twelve days after littering, she should\\nhave all the grain she needs before her\\nat all times during the period of nurs-\\ning.\\nImported does are very frequently\\nbarren. In fact, we doubt whether any\\nimporter has received satifactory returns\\nfrom imported does and we know of\\nnumbers, including ourselves, who have\\nbeen greatly disappointed in this re-\\ngard. There is something in the changes\\nof climate and modes of life that tends\\nto produce this condition. But we very\\nrarely find a barren doe among Ameri-\\ncan-bred stock. On the other hand, we\\nhave come to look upon litters of 12,\\n14, 16, and even 18 and 20 as common\\noccurrences at the Bonanza Rabbitry.\\nWean the does gradually by taking\\naway part of the youngsters at a time.\\nRemoving all at once is likely to cause\\na fever because the milk is still secreted\\nand there is no natural outlet for it. This\\npractice may cause the death of the\\ndoe, through a poisoning resulting from\\ncongestion of the milk ducts. Frequently\\nthis results in paralysis and the doe\\ndrops dead. This is especially true with\\nlean, lanky does that are good milkers.\\nWhen the last of the litter are taken\\naway return enough of them to the pen\\nof the doe to nurse her OTit once or twice\\nafter being away from her for twenty-\\nfour hours. The young will readily\\nnurse and the doe is eager to be relieved\\nin this way from the surplus of milk.\\nBy this plan she is ii A gradually and\\ndoes not suffer injury from weaning.\\nFeed no succulent food to the doe while\\nweaning the young. If you have a\\nvaluable litter it is just as well to leave\\nthem with the doe until they are ten\\nor twelve weeks old. They may not\\nderive much nourishment towards the\\nend of this period from the mother,\\nbut they will receive some and this is\\nnot only the best food for them but\\nseems also to act as a preventive cf\\ndisease and assists them in get dng over\\nthe critical period of youth. After ten\\nor twelve weeks, depending somewhat\\nupon the degree of forwardness of the\\nyoung, the doe will no longer permit\\nthem to suckle but will fight them away\\nand resist any efforts in that direction.\\nIt is then best to remove them at once\\nand, usually, no precaution is necessary\\nas regards the mother in these cases.\\nShe is probably pretty well dried by\\nthat time and will receive no bmm\\nfrom a cessation of nursing.\\nNot only should the succulent foods\\nbe removed from a weaning doe but\\nall grasses, vegetables and heavy grains\\nas well. Give her just a trifle of bran\\nfor two or three days and dry hay or\\nstraw. Give her plenty of room for\\nexercise and let her run about. Give\\nher a pile of fresh loam in which she may\\nburrow and cool her fevered breast. She\\nshould not be bred until three or four\\ndays after the milk is dry. Then grad-\\nually reinstate her succulent food. When\\nthe last of the litter are removed let\\nher go back to nurse them twice the\\nfirst day, say night and morning, and\\nonce the next day. After a doe has\\nnursed eight or ten weeks her milk\\nbecomes very rich and the doe becomes\\nthin. When the demand for the milk\\nceases the system takes it up and it\\nbecomes the fat or flesh that gives the\\ndoe the plumpness which we call good\\ncondition.\\nSome does wean their young at five or\\nsix weeks and fight them away prevent-\\ning them from nursing longer. These\\nrarely have any difficulty with the\\nweaning process. It is good mothers\\nthat are liable to be injured. Sometimes\\nthe milk glands are enlarged or suppur-\\nations or swellings take place. A doe\\nthat is resting after having weaned a", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n37\\nlitter and having been bred for another,\\nshould be fed moderately but in great\\nvariety, even to the twigs and boughs\\nfrom fruit trees.\\nCARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE\\nYOUNG.\\nFor the first few months of their ca-\\nreer the young do not require such con-\\nstant and watchful attention as the\\nbreeding does because their mission in\\nlife is then simply to eat and grow\\nand develop. Nevertheless they must\\nbe looked after with a sufficient degree\\nof care. Their responsibilities will in-\\ncrease as they grow older and they must\\nbe fitted and prepared for these. The\\nhare is a very warm blooded animal.\\nThe young are born naked, and the\\nmother covers them as soon as born\\nwith fur plucked from her own breast.\\nShe then goes out about her pen and\\nleaves them to themselves until night\\nwhen she goes to them at intervals and\\nnurses them. Except during the com-\\nparatively brief periods of suckling they\\nare left constantly to themselves day\\nand night. Yet one rarely suffers or dies\\nfrom the cold, no matter how severe\\nthat may be. The hair-lined and hair-\\ncovered nest which the mother makes\\nfor the young is perfectly adapted to the\\nclimate in which they may happen to\\nbe born and the instinct of the mother,\\nin this regard, is perfectly accurate and\\nreliable. The mother will uncover them\\nwhen they require more fresh air and her\\ninstinct may always be trusted in this\\nrespect. In the middle of a hot day the\\ndoe will open the covered nest and to-\\nward night recover it. There-\\nfore, for the first three weeks,\\nor until they leave the nest and\\ncommence life, to some extent for them-\\nselves, by beginning to take other nour-\\nishment than that provided for them\\nby the mother, she may be trusted to\\nlook out for them. All that is necessary\\nis to provide both doe and young with\\nquarters reasonably adapted to the cli-\\nmate in which the young are to be reared.\\nIn cold climates they will require warmer\\nquarters than they need on the Pacific\\nCoast, for example. In extremely cold\\nclimates, especially during the most\\nsevere weather, they should have access\\nto a mow of hay or, at least to a bale\\nof hay or straw. The mother will bur-\\nrow into this and make a warm, snug,\\nnest for herself and her progeny. With\\nproper attention to these details, the\\namount of protection afforded being\\nvaried to suit the degrees of cold to be\\nendured in different climates at different\\nseasons of the year, the hare will thrive\\nin any climate and will do equally well\\nin Southern California or in Alaska.\\nOther animals, the cat for example,\\nlies with her young to keep them warm,\\nbut the female hare never remains with\\nher young longer than the time required\\nto nurse them. She will permit them\\nto suckle many times during the night,\\nbut rarely, if ever, in the daytime. The\\nhare is a night-prowling animal. He\\nmopes about, usually crouching in a\\ncorner of his hutch, during the daytime,\\nbut during the twilight, both of morn-\\ning and evening, hares are very frolic-\\nsome and they roam a good deal during\\nthe night, especially on moonlight nights.\\nThe morning or the evening is the suit-\\nable time for mating bucks and\\ndoes. They should never be disturbed\\nduring the middle of the day more than\\nis absolutely necessary, and on hot days\\nthey should be disturbed even less than\\nin cold weather.\\nThe food of the young for the first\\nten weeks of their existence should be\\nlight-weight bran, hay and a thin shav-\\ning of carrot or other succulent vege-\\ntable to each little hare. They should\\nhave three fresh supplies of hot water\\ndaily until they are ten weeks or three\\nmonths old, the dish being removed from\\nthe pen after they have been permitted\\nto drink.\\nNever allow more than from eight to\\nfifteen young to run together in one pen\\nafter they are weaned. And eight is\\nmuch better than fifteen. They have a", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "38\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nhabit of piling up together and those in\\nthe middle of the pile become heated and\\nmoist with perspiration or with the\\nbreath of the hares. When the pile\\nbreaks and they scatter about the pen,\\nthose very warm are liable to contract\\nsevere colds. Always furnish both old\\nand young, in some portion of the pens,\\na floor so that they may enjoy occas-\\nsional rests from lying on the ground.\\nA portion of every pen should be thor-\\noughly protected from sun heat, and\\nhere hammocks should be placed made of\\nwire screen, half-inch mesh, and strung\\nabout two feet from the floor. These\\nmake very comfortable resting places\\nfor the hares in hot weather. The lit-\\ntle bunnies soon learn that lying on the\\nscreen affords more air about their bod-\\nies than they secure on the ground, and\\nthey soon learn to lie in the hammocks.\\nThey will spend much of their time\\nthere during the summer season. They\\nwill learn to jump into the hammock\\nfrom a box which may be placed in a\\nconvenient position with this point in\\nview. The hammock may reach from\\nside to side of the pen and a width of\\nof two or three feet is not too wide. It\\nshould be fitted with hooks at each end\\nso that it may be dropped at either\\nend or removed altogether when you\\nwant to pass through the pen. The\\nyoung will prefer this to a cellar-box\\nduring the hot season.\\nGENERAL SUGGESTIONS.\\nIn selecting foundation stock for a\\nrabbitry, the most vital point is to se-\\nlect males and females that are not\\nakin to each other. Inbreeding has\\nbeen proven to have been the ruination\\nof thousands upon thousands of every\\nclass of domesticated stock. This has\\ndiscouraged a great many, and the\\nsame course will continue to discourage\\nall who may follow it; for it will\\nalways result in speedy failure. The\\nsame course would result in failure in\\nthe management of cows or any other\\nstock.\\nWhen the leverets are removd from\\nthe doe, the litter is put into an apart-\\nment by itself, or several litters may\\nbe put together and allowed to remain\\nup to ten weeks of age, provided they\\nhave plenty of room. If restricted in\\nroom for exercise, the soothing syrups,\\ncough remedies, and Ripan s tabules, so\\ngravely described by some authorities\\nupon, the hare, will be called for ta\\ncounteract some of the numerous dis-\\neases, which are as unneccessary under\\na proper system of management, as\\nthey are disagreeable for owner and\\nfatal to the hares, if allowed to develop.\\nWhen well cared for, and bred out in-\\nstead of in, and given plenty of room,\\neach succeeding generation will be an\\nimprovement upon that proceding it.\\nNo stock that is not fully up to a high\\nstandard of excellence and qualification\\nshould be sold for breeding purposes,\\neven if the buyers are willing to take\\ntheir chances.\\nWe have never found any diseased\\nconditions in our hares when well cared\\nfor, as they have been ever since exper-\\nience taught us to disregard the foolish\\nrules laid down by self-styled author-\\nities, and to depend upon common sense\\nand our knowledge of what is natural\\nfor the hare. In some specimens that\\nwere too closely confined, we found a\\nmottled appearance of the lungs, indi-\\ncating that the rabbit had a lack of air\\nand exercise. When they have plenty\\nof exercise they never develop this ap-\\npearance. If anything is wrong with the\\nhare he dies very quickly, usually in\\nfrom one to two days after the diffi-\\nculty is first noticed.\\nCover your rabbitry or arbors in fields\\nwith hop vines when hares are reared\\nthat way. These will grow rapidly, will\\nmake a good appearance, and will give\\nyour rabbits plenty of shade in the sum-\\nmer. In winter, when the rabbits need\\na little sun, the leaves are gone. A few\\nhops will often come handy in the house;\\nor you can sell them to druggists and\\ngrocers or brewers. The eastern vari-\\neties of grapes would answer equally\\nwell as they can be grown upon trel-", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n39\\nUses. The Concord, Isabella and Dela-\\nware are good varieties.\\nIf one desires to raise hares solely for\\nmeat and with little reference to choice\\nbreeding, an acre of ground could be\\nfenced in by sinking a wire netting,\\ntwo-inch mesh, a foot and a half deep\\ninto the ground, with a three-foot strip\\nof one-inch mesh above ground, then a\\nfour-foot strip of two-inch mesh above\\nthat, making a fence seven feet high.\\nThe strip below the ground would pre-\\nvent the hares from burrowing out of\\nthe inclosure and dogs from digging in,\\nand the fence would be high enough to\\nkeep out the biggest and liveliest dog.\\nFrom twenty-five to fifty does and one\\nbuck could be turned loose in this in-\\nclosure. Hay racks, made on the same\\nprinciple as already described, but port-\\nable, should be put up. Feed the hares\\nonce a day to hay and grain carried to\\nthem in a cart or wheel-barrow. With\\ntwenty-five does a draft of two hun-\\ndred could be made monthly any time\\nafter six months, for the market. These\\nwould dress from five to six pounds each,\\nand would be worth 20 cents\\nper pound. Under these conditions\\nprobably twenty-three out of the\\ntwenty-five does would produce a\\nlitter every month in the year, with\\nperhaps a rest of one month. This\\nwould give an income of $200 per month\\nfrom an acre of land after a waiting\\nperiod of only six months. Cut this\\nincome in two and it far exceeds the\\nreturns secured by the Chinese market\\ngardeners who are the recognized masters\\nof the art of intense culture in this\\ncountry. Such a rabbitry would need no\\nelaborate pens or improvements. It\\nwould be necessary to provide only a\\nfew piles of boulders or some logs and\\nbrushes under and about which the does\\nCQuld construct their warrens, and\\ntrellises for grapes for shade. The trel-\\nlises may be roofed to shed rain.\\nKEEP THE PENS CLEAN.\\nThe pens should be thoroughly cleaned\\nonce a week. All the droppings should\\nbe swept out, and all the old straw and\\nhay should be taken away. The nests\\nshould also be removed every time a\\nlitter is taken from the doe. The key-\\nnotes of success in this fascinating in-\\ndustry are method, care, common sense\\nin selection and breeding, and the very\\nhighest standard of honorable dealing\\nwith all patrons. Remember that a\\nbuyer well satisfied is the best possible\\nadvertisement that you can have. He\\nwill inevitably send you other customers.\\nSometimes hares when sold are shipped\\nin a sack. This practice is inhumane\\nand injudicious, and cannot be too\\nstrongly condemned. It is cruel to the\\nanimal, and it is not good business.\\nThe lungs of the hare become very\\nquickly effected when deprived of an\\nabundance of fresh air. No apparent dam-\\nage may be done, but at the same time,\\nthe hare may droop and develop unex-\\npected weakness. Then the buyer will\\nbe dissatisfied. An open-sided crate is\\nthe only satisfactory arrangement for\\ntransporting a hare, even for a short\\ndistance of a mile or two. For longer\\njourneys the crate should be equipped\\nwith automatic feed box and automatic\\ndrinking fountain, permanently fastened\\nand an abundance of feed and water\\nsupplied.\\nIt is a mistake for American breeders\\nto assume that only in England are\\nchoice specimens bred. We now have the\\nstrains in this country to breed as fine\\ntypes as can be bred anywhere, and our\\nclimate, food, facilities and methods of\\nmanagement are superior to those of our\\nBritish cousins. Moreover, American-\\nbred stock is much more hardy than\\nimported stock. Not more than forty\\nper cent, of the latter lives to be of any\\nreal, permanent value to the importers.\\nIn fact, if an importer secures a moderate\\nnumber of breedings from an imported\\nbuck he, as a rule, has reason to con-", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "40\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nW u", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n41\\ngratulate himself and must be content\\nwith having introduced a new perhaps\\nvaluable strain into his rabbitry. Im-\\nported hares rarely become fully ac-\\nclimated, but the native-born are hardier.\\nWe have shipped hares to the far eastern\\nparts of the United States in the dead\\nof winter, and have yet to receive the\\nfirst complaint of sickness resulting\\nfrom the journey. On the contrary,\\nwe have numerous letters on file testi-\\nfying to the pleasure of buyers at re-\\nceiving the hares purchased by them\\nin the pink of condition.\\nTHE QUESTION OF FOOD.\\nHares like variety, and will eat al-\\nmost any kind of grain or green food,\\nvegetables and fruit; also, alfalfa or\\nother kinds of hay. They will eat bread\\nand other supplies from the table, ex-\\ncept meat. Never give the young any\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0green feed. It is a safe rule to give them\\nnothing except well-cured hay, grain\\nand oats until after they are four months\\nold. The older hares may be fed fresh-\\ncut alfalfa, that which is in bloom when\\ncut is best. When this or any other\\nvegetable has attained sufficient age to\\npossess some sugar and vegetable fat,\\nhares will do well upon it fed green; but\\nhalf-matured green stuff fed green es-\\npecially when wet, is likely to cause\\nbloat and death in a hare the\\nsame as in cattle and sheep.\\nAll green stuff should be fed\\nat mid-day, after it has been wilted\\nby the sun. No wet vegetables or green\\nstuff of any kind should ever be fed\\nhares, whether old or young. It will\\nsurely cause colic and sickness and may\\ncause death. Even the cured alfalfa\\nleaves, if fed in too large quantities at\\na time, are sure to make trouble. The\\nhares eat too much of such palatable\\nfood and then drink too much. This\\noverloading of their stomachs often kills\\nthem.\\nIn excessively hot weather over-fat\\nhares will die. After two years of their\\nlives, when confined, they should be\\nstinted to grain food and allowed only a\\nlittle once a day when not nursing. It\\nis surprising how little will keep a\\nbreeding doe or buck if it has been well\\ncared for up to this age. If unusual\\ngrowth is desired there is nothing better\\nto force it than warm milk, given a\\nlittle at a time, and many times a day\\nto the doe when nursing, and to the\\nyoung when they begin to eat, and from\\nthat time until they are nine months\\nold. They will then attain their full\\ngrowth, and will be larger and heavier\\nat that age than they would have been\\nwhen a year old if fed in the ordinary\\nway. A few generations reared in this\\nway would give us families of greatly\\nincreased size and weight. It might\\nbe possible to double the weight in the\\ncoursie of five or six years. Of course\\nthe best and most matured does would\\nneed be selected for breeding on this\\nplan. A doe will consume about two\\ncupfuls of fresh, hot milk, daily, while\\nnursing; but she will consume a much\\nless quantity of other foods. The extra\\nweight attained will many times more\\nthan pay the extra cost of the food.\\nAs a staple of diet well cured\\nalfalfa is good enough feed for hares,\\nand they will thrive upon it, in con-\\nnection with mixed bran and oats. It\\nshould be well cured previous to being\\nfed. It should be fed in such a way that\\nthe hares will get the stems mixed with\\nthe leaves. If fed the leafy portions\\nalone they will overeat. The coarser\\nstraws, which they refuse to eat, should\\nbe removed every day and fed to cows\\nor horses. There is no need of any\\nwaste. All of the trimmings of vegetables\\nfrom the table, all scraps\u00e2\u0080\u0094 except meat\\nor grease\u00e2\u0080\u0094 will be eaten by the doe and\\nher litter. Anything that a sheep or cow\\nwill eat is number one feed for a hare,\\nincluding such solid fruits as apples and\\npears, green corn, beans, carrots, parsnips,\\nstalks of green corn, husks, pea pods\\nand vines are unequaled, etc. All these\\nare excellent food and will be relished.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "42\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nTo force growth, the cereals as prepared\\nfor the table, such as oats and wheat,\\ncooked in milk and water, making a\\nmush, will be taken by the young with\\navidity, and they will develop upon these\\nwith great rapidity.\\nAvoid raw potatoes and potato par-\\nings. They are injurious. Whenever\\nyou change to a new kind of food\\naccustom the hare to it gradually, giv-\\ning a little at a time, at first. Winter-\\ngrown alfalfa, or alfalfa that has been\\nforced upon heavy, excessively wet lands,\\nis cold and full of weak juices and\\nshould be used with caution.\\nThese directions for feeding apply\\nparticularly to the Pacific Coast, where\\nthe alfalfa is the staple fodder. In\\nother sections other grasses, such as\\nclover or timothy, may profitably be\\nsubstituted.\\nCoarse, bright straw should be kept\\nbefore the hares at all times. Good oat\\nhay may also be given. If alfalfa\\nalone is fed, the hares will eat too much\\nand will become pot-bellied, ruining ths\\nlong, racy form which they should have.\\nHares are by nature browsing animals\\nand prefer foods containing much fiber.\\nThey will eat the wood of their pens\\nif not supplied with wood in some form.\\nThe twigs of apple, peach, apricot and\\nplum trees are relished and it is a good\\nplan to furnish this kind of food every\\nfew days. Twigs about the size of a\\nlead pencil are about right- Ailing\\nanfmals should always have food of this\\nkind.\\nDon t stimulate hares with condiments\\nor patented food stuffs. Their lives will\\nbe shortened by such practice. Much\\nof the imported stock is stock that has\\nbeen fed highly seasoned foods, under\\nthe idea that this gives them spirit\\nand sleekness of coat. The loss in this\\nclass of stock is enormous. Probably\\nten per cent, die on the trip across the\\nocean and another thirty per cent, within\\nthree or four months after landing. Our\\nclimate is vastly different from the cold\\nand foggy climate of England, where it\\nrains about half the time and fogs pre-\\nvail the other half. The imported stock\\nfalls short in weight from three to five\\npounds as compared with American-bred\\nhares, and the number of young to the\\nlitter is from fifty to ninety per cent,\\nin our favor.\\nIn connection with feeding shrubs we\\nwarn the reader never to give hares or\\nany other animal the leaves, flowers,\\nbark or wood of the oleander tree. This\\nis a poisonous tree and has caused the\\ndeath of both man and beast. But the\\ntwigs of other trees are very much\\nrelished, and, if fed twice a week, will\\nbe found to be preventives of many of\\nthe ailments found among hares.\\nPRINCIPAL DISEASES OF THE\\nHARE.\\nThe two diseases among hares that\\nare most troublesome are undoubtedly\\nsnuffles and slobbers There are other\\nailments, some of minor importance and\\neasily relieved by simple agencies, others\\nof greater severity and in which there\\nis, usually, not much use of doctoring\\nthe hare. The quicker he is killed and\\nput out of misery the better. But these\\nare of rare occurrence.\\nSnuffles will attack hares anywhere\\nif too closely confined. It arises from\\nam irritation of the delicate mucous\\nmembranes of the nose and air passages\\ncaused by the fumes of the ammonia\\nin the droppings and urine of the hare,\\nas well as from a cold, It does not\\ncome from a cold alone as some people\\nerroneously believe.\\nThe best way to cure snuffles is to\\nprevent it. This can be done by a con-\\nstant use of antiseptics. The best of\\nall is fresh air, which is also cheapest\\nof all, and should constantly be supplied\\nin great abundance. Dry loam, not sand,\\nshould also be plentifully supplied to\\nthe floors of all pens and should be\\nrenewed frequently, that which has be-\\ncome saturated and foul being carted", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n43\\naway to the manure pile. If these\\nremedial agencies are constantly used\\nthere will rarely be snuffles, but a third\\nexcellent antiseptic is Formalin, a prep-\\naration made in England and imported\\ninto this country. It comes in a highly\\nconcentrated liquid, which may be pur-\\nchased at drug-stores. Twenty-five\\ncents worth will last a long time. A\\nweak solution is made by adding one\\nteaspoonful of Formalin to a quart of\\nplain water. A stronger and better\\nsolution for more severe cases is ob-\\ntained by using two teaspoonfuls of\\nFormalin to a quart of water. This\\nshould be sprayed through the pens\\nby use of an atomizer, such as is used\\nfor spraying the nose and throat in\\nsickness, or, better because quicker, by\\nusing a syringe with a nozzle that will\\ngive a spray. In the solutions men-\\ntioned this preparation is non-poisonous\\nand its use every day or two will keep\\nthe pens free from all odors and will\\nthoroughly disinfect them^ killing the\\nmicrobes that cause snuffles and other\\ndiseases.\\nSlobbers is a disagreeable complaint\\nmost often seen in young rabbits but\\nsometimes in old ones. There is a run-\\nning discharge of watery fluid from the\\nsides of the mouth and the hare weakens\\nand wastes away. One authority rec-\\nommends the following remedy: Equal\\nparts of oil of juniper and sweet spirits\\nof nitre. Five drops of the mixture in a\\nteaspoonful of milk or water twice a\\nday. Another remedy re:ommended is\\na little common borax given in water\\nor a piece the size of a pea placed in\\nthe mouth. Washing the mouth with\\nborax and water is said to do good in\\nthis disease.\\nThe fact that the hare sometimes\\ntakes disease does not prove that he is\\na particularly delicate animal. Any\\nanimal, even man, would become dis-\\neased if exposed to the conditions that\\nsome hares are compelled to endure by\\ntheir short-sighted owners. If you wish\\nto make your rabbitry a success go at\\nit in the right way and remember that\\ncare and cleanliness, with abundant,\\nvaried and pure food, are the requisites\\nof success and profit.\\nDo not expect to keep a whole herd\\nof rabbits healthy if confined in narrow,\\nclose quarters.\\nGENERAL PREVENTATIVE MEAS-\\nURE.\\nA circular runway is a splendid thing\\nfor giving hares exercise. These should\\nbe provided with hurdles, say four to\\neach circular runway. These hurdles\\nshould be gradauted from eight inches\\nup, increasing by four inches and should\\nbe adapted to the ages of the hares.\\nAt six months of age the hare will\\nscale a hurdle four feet high. Jumping\\nover these will not only give them\\nhealthful exercise but will strengthen\\nall their muscles and will make them\\nlong and racy. They will turn them-\\nselves in the air and will shake their\\nheads in intense enjoyment. It is a\\npleasure to watch them enjoying them-\\nselves, making a treat for the owner\\nor breeder as well as for the hares.\\nA run of ten or twenty minutes, or half\\nan hour is fun for them.\\nHares will always run in a\\ncircle whether in frolic or in\\nfear. Make this runway a foot and a\\nhalf or two feet in width and give the\\nhares ground floor to run upon. There\\ncan be three concentric rings, one within\\nthe other. Make them of one-inch mesh\\nwire. If made of two-inch mesh the\\nhares are likely to catch their feet and\\nsome of them will be injured.\\nHave some convenient way to reach the\\nhares, when you want to take them out,\\nby opening gates. This plan is espec-\\nially good for the breeder who is fitting\\nspecimens for prize-winning. In such a\\nrunway a hare will travel many miles\\nin the course of half a day. This\\nrunway should be protected from the sun\\nby some material. A runway twenty", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "44\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nfeet in diameter gives a course of sixty\\nfeet. Three hares, placed in these circles,\\nside by side, will invariably travel and\\nin the same direction.\\nVariety of food, and pet dishes, will\\ngo a long way as a preventive of dis-\\neases. Make mashes with a little oil\\ncake in them. Take one pint of oil\\nmeal and mix it with four gallons of\\nbran. Add half a cupful of salt. Then\\nto this add one-fourth of a cup of ground\\nginger, a good article. Add a cup or a\\ncup and a half of pulverized charcoal,\\nground down to about half the size of\\nkernels of rice. The best is that made\\nfrom the bark of the black willow, but\\nother charcoal will do, if this cannot\\nbe obtained, and should be kept in every\\nrabbitry. Put this mixture in a kettle\\nof boiling water. Have sufficient water\\nto allow it all to swell freely. Give it\\nfrom five to ten minutes of free boiling,\\nthen ten to twenty minutes of macer-\\nation. An hour even would do no harm.\\nWhen done it should be nearly stiff\\nenough ta hold a ladle erect, not sloppy but\\na heavy mush. This quantity will give\\ntwo feeds for a large rabbitry, being fed\\nas prepared the first day and reheated\\nthe second day. Feed this preparation\\ntwo days in succession each hare having\\na good tablespoonful for breakfast or\\nsupper. Give no other grain food at the\\nsame meal. Cocoanut meal is an ex-\\ncellent substitute for the oil cake; yel-\\nlow corn meal is another, but do not\\nuse two of these three at the same time.\\nA doe that milks freely and is thinning\\ndown rapidly needs a treat like this\\noften, and, in some instances, should\\nhave one feed of this a day, as much\\nas she will take. Feed this mush as hot\\nas the hares will bear, but taking care not\\nto burn them, otherwise they will prob-\\nably never touch the dish again.\\nCarrots, beets and rutabages are ex-\\ncellent succulent vegetables except when\\nthey have lain in the ground all winter.\\nIn that case they should not be fed, there\\nis too much pith in them. When the\\nroots attempt to put out new tops or\\nto set up a new growth there is\\nlittle or no nutriment, and the fiber is\\ninjurious. It disturbs the digestive\\ntract and produces paralysis, lameness\\nand other ailments as results of this\\ndisturbance of the digestion. Flowers\\nof common yellow sulphur are a good\\nthing to mix in with the mash in cases\\nwhere there is a lack of bowel action.\\nIt is a good practice to give this once\\nor twice a week all around the herd,\\nadding two tablespoonsful, or about\\none-third of a cupful to the quantity of\\ngrain above described.\\nThe above quantities are for hares\\nthat are past three months of age. Nurs-\\ning hares should have little or not cold\\nsucculent vegetables. Cabbage is es-\\npecially injurious to the little ones in\\nSouthern California, but probably would\\nhave no injurious effect in northern or\\nhigher latitudes. We must choose our\\nfoods sometimes according to locality, for\\nit is certainly true that what is safe\\nor even beneficial in some climates is\\ninjurious in others. Hares will stick\\nto alfalfa for a few years but will not\\nbe long-lived on this diet. In time they\\nbecome heavy and sluggish and then\\nthere is a prospect of trouble.\\nAnother nice treat is the twigs of\\ntrees which may be given on those days\\nwhen no mash is given. As a forcing\\nsystem when rapid growth is desired add\\nto the formula for the mush a gallon\\nof sweet milk. Now we have an ideal\\nfood for this purpose. The milk may be\\nadded after the porridge is well mixed,\\nhas commenced to boil and swell and\\nneeds thinning. This is a spelndid ration\\nfor helping out nursing does.\\nThe most serious difficulty in the\\nrearing of rabbits is their taking colds,\\nor the breaking down of the circulatory\\npowers, which is the prime cause of\\ncolds. The vital powers of the hare\\nhave probably commenced to wane per-\\nhaps a month before he takes cold. As\\nlong as he is on the thrifty, growthy", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n45\\nside he is all right. Hence the necessity\\nof the treatments above referred to. The\\nultimate cause of disease is a lack of\\ncondition. Snuffles is an uncured\\ncold which has run into a chronic\\ncondition, and may be called catarrh\\nIt is not a disease to be\\nfeared as long as the hare blows his\\nnose and cleans out his head. He never\\ndoes this when his lungs are weak. If\\nthe hare lives to warm weather and,\\nif nature, has a rest from breeding, and\\nhis constitutional vigor is kept up by\\nthe little treats in the way. of diet\\nalready described, he will almost in-\\nvariably recover, except in the cases of\\nvery young hares. But if a hare is on\\nthe downward side, the cold will quickly\\nwork its way into the throat, causing\\na rattling there, and will finally involve\\nthe lungs unless the circulation can be\\naroused to throw it off. The finest\\ntreatment in such cases is unquestion-\\nably heat, paps and tonics. But be sure\\nthat your hare has not got into an in-\\nflammatory state, which will be shown\\nby rapid breathing and excessive thirst.\\nIn those cases never give any condiment\\nsuch as ginger, pepper, cloves or liquors.\\nThese inflammatory cases call for specific\\nremedial agencies which should be kept\\nin stock. In any other stage probably\\nthree out of four can be cured and placed\\non the safe side in thirty hours, often\\nin from twelve to fifteen hours.\\nThe hare is an animal in which\\nchanges, for better or worse, take place\\nvery rapidly. If he is not on the high-\\nway to recovery in from twenty to\\nthirty hours he is certain to go the other\\nway. In these cases of rapid failure\\nof the vital power heat is the essential\\nthing to be applied, a uniform tem-\\nperature and a high temperature. Put\\nthe sick hare into comfortable quaters\\nand give him room enough for seme\\nexercise. Put him in a cage two feet\\nwide, two feet high and four or five\\nfeet in length. Let this have wire sides\\nand top. Place it in warm room. He\\nneeds a free circulation of air. When\\na hare is cuddled up and squatty, has\\nno motion of the flanks and ribs ap-\\nparent, you may be sure that he needs\\nwarming with hot ginger tea or capsi-\\ncum tea. Turn it down his throat with\\na teaspoon. Put him in a hot room and\\nkeep him there for from thirty to forty-\\neight hours.\\nIf the cold settles in the head there\\nis often a case of labored breathing when\\nthere is no inflammation. This distinction\\nshould be looked forr. An application of\\nthe oil of eucalyptus to the nostrils will\\nprove beneficial and if there is any ac-\\ncumulation oif mucous in the nostrils\\nthis will soon be shown. In this case\\nthe hare needs tonics. This condition\\noften comes on in from twelve to\\ntwenty-four hours and so suddenly that,\\nif you have not seen your hares in that\\nperiod, you cannot tell in what con-\\ndition you will find them. A cold in\\nthe head can be thrown off when the\\nhare is in excellent condition of health,\\nbut, even if it is not cured he may\\nlinger for months, occasionally having\\nspells of sneezing and throwing off ex-\\ncretions, for a few days when he ap-\\nparently recovers, but the same condi-\\ntion returns again later on. This may\\ngo on for some time, but a second cold\\ncontracted under such circumstances,\\nwill usually create sufficient inflam-\\nmation in the throat and lungs to cause\\ndeath. Therefore, the simplest cold\\nshould be cured. The lightest of attacks\\nshould be followed up until complete\\nrecovery is attained.\\nNeither the doe nor the buck should be\\nused for breeding purposes when there\\nis the least sign of a cold in the head\\nor a discharge from the nostrils or any\\nill condition whatever. For the hare\\nwill certainly transmit this disturbance\\nto its offspring and, in this way, the\\ncondition may be perpetuated through\\nmany generations until we have bred\\nwhat may be accurately termed, in the\\naccepted nomenclature of all breeders", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "46\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nFAIRY QUEEN, imported by Bonanza Rabbitry, Dec. 3rd, 1 1899.\\nAtsix7months of age; weig-ht 754 lbs., score 94^. Sire, Champion Priorj Prince; dam, bj Red King\\nhe by Champion Unicorn. Reserved as a breeder,", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n47\\nof live stock, a thoroughbred sick hare.\\nWe have got now to a point where the\\ndozen and one remedies offered and\\ntermed snuffle cures have perhaps, in\\nsome instances, been of slight benefit,\\nl)ut only when there is a slight attack\\nof cold and the animal is in excellent\\ncondition and has had excellent care.\\nCare and good nursing are worth ten\\ntimes as much as the patented and\\ngreatly lauded remedies which promise\\nto cure any and all cases in any and\\nall latitudes, a proposition that is ir-\\nrational to start with.\\nWe find that colds will affect the hare\\nin five different and distinct forms.\\nFirst we notice a light, or thin, watery\\nexcretion from the nostrils and the hare\\nwipes his nose with his forepaws and\\non these, extending from the foot up\\nto the knee, may be seen marks of this\\nnose cleaning process. The hair on\\nforelegs will be stuck together and\\nis usually more or less moist and yet\\nthe nostrils, without close examination\\nwill exhibit no signs of a discharge.\\nThis is really the first evidence of the\\nhare having taken a cold.\\nWhen this is allowed to run along\\nuntil he takes a little more cold, and the\\nformer condition being aggravated, pro-\\nduces a heavier discharge, frequent\\nblowing of the nostrils ?nd continuous\\nand prolonged spells of sneezing, where\\nthe hare turns his head to one side and\\nstrikes at his nose with both paws, or\\nonly with one paw when the trouble\\nseems to be located in only one nostril.\\nThe excretions are now usually heavy,\\nthough sometimes nothing comes from\\nthe nostrils for two or three weeks, then\\nthe discharge becomes heavy and often\\nof a mucilaginous, transparent nature.\\nBy this time, in 90 per cent, of these\\ncases, there will be more or less con-\\nstitutional disturbance, and the hare\\nwill appear dejected. His ears will lie\\nback on his neck. His eyes are dull\\nand sleepy and he will sit in his pen\\nand crouch; often he eats but little,\\nthough this latter rule does not always\\napply as he will sometimes eat with\\ngreat avidity. By this time he is feel-\\ning badly in head and stomach and the\\nreflex action of this condition of the\\nstomach is usually upon the lungs when\\nthere is a slow decomposing state in\\nthe pleura, gradually contracting the\\nlungs and the respiration is slow and\\npartially suppressed. When this is\\nnoticeable you may decide that the hare\\nhas serious lung trouble. When this\\ncondition is allowed to run its entire\\ncourse and death ensues, a post-mortem\\nexamination will reveal a heavy, cheesy\\nsubstance between lungs and the ribs\\nof a green cast, though some-\\ntimes a heavy white pus like bonny-\\nclabber will be found throughout the\\nlungs, and the heart is sometimes wholly\\nor partially covered with a membranous\\ncoating.\\nAnother form that a cold will produce,\\ninstead of the thick, mucilaginous dis-\\ncharge from the nostrils following the\\nwatery discharge is nodules or abscesses,\\nsometimes on the shoulders and some-\\ntimes on the sides and tack and under-\\nneath the forelegs. In this form a thick,\\ncheesy pus will, if allowed to grow\\noften extend over a large area of the\\nbody underneath the skin and, of course,\\ncause death. In this form the hare is\\nalso dejected, and crou hes in his ap-\\npearance. Left to himself he will often\\nlinger on for weeks before death ensues.\\nWith this form there is usually but\\nlittle inflammation as there is in cases\\nwhere rapid and labored breathing is\\nmanifested. There is usually some\\nmucilaginous coating about the nostrils\\nand this is often of a yellowish cast and\\nseems to dry down and adhere to the\\nfur, making a crust-like appearance and,\\nnot infrequently, causes the hair to fall\\noff and the skin underneath to appear\\nvery much inflamed. Now this is the\\nform where the cold affects the skin\\ninstead of the internal organs.\\nStill another form in which a cold\\nwill effect a hare is with little or no", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "48\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nexternal signs whatever except perhaps\\na slight watery discharge from the nos-\\ntrils for two or three days and, more\\noften, only a day. The first real ex-\\nternal notification that anything is\\nwrong with the hare, aside from this\\ndischarge, is that he has a drawn up\\nleg, usually the hind leg. The cords of\\nthe hip and thigh appear contracted and\\nthere is considerable soreness. The hare\\nmoves in a crouching manner when he\\nmoves at all. This soreness or contrac-\\ntion of the cords sometimes affects the\\nfront leg and shoulder similarly and an-\\nother sign is that the head is turned\\nto one side carrying a stiff neck as though\\nhe had been bruised or had a boil on the\\nneck. Here is an illustration of how\\na cold will affect the system when it\\nsettles in the blood instead of in the\\nvital organs or the skin. The reflex\\naction is upon the liver and the liver\\ncontrols the cords and nerves and almost\\ninvariably, when the head is turned and\\ntwisted, the hare is nervous and excited\\nand acts rather wild, especially when\\ntaken up. If the hare turns the head\\nto one side, that is, rolls the top of the\\nhead towards the floor, there is invari-\\nably a stoppage of the nostril on that\\nside, far inside the head, and at least\\na great deal of irritation, all caused by\\nthe cold. Occasionally the cause of the\\ntwisted neck is abscess in the ear, often\\ncaused by a cold.\\nYet another form in which the cold\\nwill affect the hare is that it settles\\ndirectly in the lungs and larynx and, in\\nthis form, there is usually labored\\nbreathing early. The head will be\\nthrown up in the air and there will be\\nnoticeably rapid vibrations of the sides\\nand flanks, especially of the flanks, and\\nvery little motion of the lungs which\\nare sore. This is acute inflammation of\\nthe lungs and must be removed at once\\nor death will ensue, usually within\\nforty-eight hours.\\nAn intense thirst always accompanies\\nthis last form of inflammation.\\nThere are oftentimes external mani-\\nfestations of a cold, such as the so-\\ncalled canker in the ear, inflammations\\nand discharge of the eyes and occasion-\\nally a case occurs where a serious bowel\\ntrouble arises, but this is almost invar-\\niably the result of an unusually largt\\nsupply of green and succulent food al\\nlowed the hare at the time he contracted\\nthe cold and before the cold was noticed.\\nThe result is usually diarrhoea and oc-\\nca.sionaliy an intense inflammation of\\nthe bowels.\\nStrange as it may appear, hare breed-\\ners have voluntarily, and with no knowl-\\nedge of the peculiarities of the various\\nforms of illness affecting the hare, char-\\nacterized about every form of a cold\\nwhere there is any trouble of the naisal\\npassage or the respiratory tract as snuf-\\nfles. If a hare blows through his nost\\nhe has the snuffles, if he turns and\\ntwists his head and there is a discharge\\nfrom the nostrils, he has the snuffles,\\nif he throws his head in the air high,\\nsome have learned, it is true, to call it\\npneumonia, but this is about the extent\\nof the names that are applied to the\\nvarious forms of a cold.\\nA chronic condition resulting from a\\ncold will linger with hardily-consti-\\ntuted specimens as long as two years\\nand they rarely ever get thoroughly well.\\nEach time that they take a cold the olti\\ncondition is aggravated and there is an\\nirritation of the mucus lining of the na-\\nsal passage that usually, with the ap-\\npearance of each succeeding attack of\\na cold, becomes inflamed and swollen,\\nand nearly, or quite, closes the passage\\nway and provokes the hare to try to\\nopen the passage that he may get aii\\nand to do this he makes vigorous efforts\\nat sneezing.\\nThe hare whose lungs are involved\\nnever sneezes and rarely ever blows his\\nnose. When he gets to this stage it is\\nalmost impossible to save him. If the\\nnostrils seem to be clogged and discharg-\\ning a heavy, frothy substance, you may\\nrest assured that the lungs are seriously", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n49\\ninvolved and it is doubtful if any treat\\nment whatever will effect a cure.\\nThe proper way to cure this trouble\\nin the various forms is to attack the\\noriginal cause, which is a cold, and the\\nonly safe course to pursue is to watch\\nthe hare s nostils and mrvre especially\\nthe inner side of the front feet and an\\ninch or two of the forelegs above the\\nfeet, or that portion the hare uses for\\na handkerchief.\\nAt the first appearance of any gum-\\nming up the fur of the front feet, it is\\nthe most simple thing in the world to\\nremove the cause, which is a simple\\ncold in the head. To overcome this is\\nto cure all the disease except where it\\nmay be characterized as intense inflam-\\nmation in the lungs, described in the\\nfifth and last form in which a cold af-\\nfects a hare, and also in that form where\\nthe hare seems to have the cords of the\\nlegs drawn up, and the first appearance\\nthat he ha.s taken cold is manifested iu\\nthis way. Local treatment of the nos-\\ntrils with the proper medicament, to-\\ngether with the use of the proper form-\\nula for internal treatment, which may\\nbe mixed with the grain or the drink, is\\nthe only safe way to remedy these ser-\\nious troubles and to prevent losses.\\nWith the nodules the proper thing to\\ndo is, as soon as they are swollen to the\\nsize of a hazel nut or a little larger, to\\nlay them open with a lance, cutting\\nlengthwise of the body or the limb, and\\nmaking a large opening, removing the\\npus if any has formed, which will prob-\\nably be the case, though there will be\\nmore the third or fifth day later, bui\\nthere is no use waiting this length of\\ntime. Having cleansed the sacs, apply\\na lotion, or embrocation, that \u00e2\u0080\u00a2will tend\\nto allay the inflammation of the skin\\nand flesh, when healing will take place\\nin a very short time, or as soon as thu\\nconstitutional condition is normal and\\na thrifty growth follows.\\nIf the contracted cords and distorted\\ncondition of the limbs prevail, subject\\nthe hare to a high temperature by mak-\\ning a cabinet that will allow his head\\nto protrude, and then subject the body\\nto a temperature of about 105 degrees,\\nwhich is the best external treatment\\npossible. Rubbing with the proper lin-\\niment is good, but invariably internal\\ntreatment must be employed if the cause\\nis internal, and it cannot be reached in\\nany other way.\\nIn the case of inflammation of t!:e\\nlungs, if taken as soon as the troublt\\narises, or as soon as you have noticeii\\nany unnatural and rapid breathing and\\nvibration of the body at the flanks, it\\nall cases where the animal is not ex-\\ntremely old, it may be cured in from one\\nto three days. And usually the bene-\\nficial effect of proper treatment is felt\\nin about twenty to thirty hours. Here\\nagain the high and uniform temperature\\nor hot-air treatment is required and is\\nof the utmost value in combination with\\nthe internal medication.\\nIn all cases of illness restrict the use\\nf f cold drinks and employ as hot liquids\\nas the hare will take, and often when\\nthirsty they will take hot milk, when\\nthey will not touch it in the natural\\nstate of health.\\nAlways dilute the milk with hot wa-\\nter, as it is better to give it in this way\\nthan in the full strength. A gruel mads\\nfrom lightweight bran or rolled oats or\\nrolled wheat, the gruel being strained,\\nis the best form of food and should be\\nfurnished from three to five times a day.\\nThis should be made of about the con-\\nsistency of a heavy soup so that the\\nbare may lap it up. In any case give\\nall the hot drinks that the hare will\\ntake and as often as he will take them,\\nand when there is inflammation of the\\nlungs, bowels, etc., he will take his med-\\nicine in tliis way and it should be given\\nto him as often as in one-half hour\\ndoses.\\nFor the disturbance in the ears and\\neyes and the watery discharge from the\\neyes confine the hare in a chamber where\\nhigh and prolonged heat may be em-\\nployed, and by this means, together with", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "50\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\ninternal treatment, the trouble may be\\novercome. Then use a dropper and drop\\ninto the ear one-half of the following\\nmixture One teaspoonful of sweet oil\\nto which has been added two to three\\ndrops of oil of eucalyptus, one to three\\ndrop)3 of spirits of turpentine and three\\nto five drops of laudanum. This is about\\nthe best local applications. In applying\\nthis, hold the hare fast in the natural\\nposition with the head and ears erect so\\nthat the oil may flow against the drum\\nof the ear. This same proportion, but\\nof one-half the strength of the eucalyp-\\ntus oil and the spirits of turpentine, ap-\\nplied with the dropper to the eye two\\nor three times a day will overcome the\\nexternal appearance of the cold there.\\nCamphorated oil is excellent to apply\\nto both the ear and eye.\\nHares will take on ill conditions when\\nkept in large herds just the same as\\nother animals, like hogs, sheep, cattle\\nhorses or poultry. Any rabbitry having\\nfive hundred head must expect to lose\\nseveral animals every month, the oldest\\nand youngest included. Every one em-\\nbarking upon this business should admit\\nthat it possesses some obstacles, or is\\nlikely to develop conditions that will\\nupset some of his calculations and to\\ndecrease the estimated profits. He must\\nallow a percentage for wear and tear,\\nbut the wonderful fecundity of the hare\\nmore than offsets all these losses.\\nThere is no well-\u00c2\u00a3stablished materia\\nmedica that can be prescribed and pro-\\ncured at drug stores and kept in stock\\ncovering the different forms of maladies\\nthat arise in hares as results of simple\\ncolds. The author has experimented for\\na period of five years with every variety\\nof disease arising from this case; has\\ndissected many dead hares thus affected\\nand killed many in different stages of\\nthese maladies in order to note their\\ncondition and the effects of remedies\\nupon them. He has perfected certain\\nremedies, from materials that are not\\nfound in the drug stores, which are the\\nnearest to an absolute cure of anything\\nthat he has discovered. The best of these\\nis a lotion which is injected into the\\nnostrils of the hare with a small glass\\nsyringe, at the first attack of a cold.\\nThis lotion is a powerful antiseptic and\\nprevents the growth and accumulation\\nof the microbes that cause the intense\\ninflammation which works all the mis-\\nchief. For this is a germ disease and\\ncontagious as such. This remedy al-\\nthough powerful, is entirely harmless\\nand if a portion of the treatment finds\\nits way into the hare s stomach so much\\nthe better. It will assist in the cure.\\nThis remedy has proved very satis-\\nfactory in a great many cases. It is\\na vegetable preparation.\\nCompelling the hare to breathe hot air,\\nin severe cases, is the bast thing to be\\ndone, and gives the quickest relief. But\\na hare cannot be given a sweat, as a\\nman would be given under similar cir-\\ncumstances. But a mechnical device\\nmay be arranged for heating hares and\\nalso a cabinet for giving inhallations by\\nmedicated hot vapors. This will pro-\\nduce excellent results when repeated\\nthree to five times a day, at first, grad-\\nually lessening as the hare recovers.\\nThis device has saved many hopeless\\ncases and, where high-class hares are as\\nvaluable as they are now, such a device\\nis of great value and well worth the\\nusing. The remedies employed in this\\ncabinet are simple and comparatively\\ninexpensive. Its use requires little time\\nas this method is the quickest of any\\nin securing definite results. But even\\nthis does not reach every case, even\\nwhen no good reason can be assigned\\nfor failure. Still, it is a grand thing\\nto have at hand, for use, on occasion,\\nin connection with the internal rem-\\nedies mentioned and the lotion and\\nliquids recommended.\\nWe cann\u00c2\u00bbot account for these epi-\\ndemics among hares any more than we\\ncan account for ep demi:s among men.\\nHares are undoubtedly unusually sus-\\nceptible to the influences of atmospheric", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n51\\nchanges and conditions. It may be laid\\ndown as a general rule that a treatment\\nwhich will not cure a simple cold will\\nnot cure snuffles, so-called. Neither can\\npneumonia be cured except by curing the\\ncold, or the cause.\\nThe lungs in the wild hare, living in\\na natural state, are his strongest organs\\nand the most important. They are the\\nmost perfectly developed for he depends\\nupon his speed in running to es;ape\\nfrom his foes, and speed and endurance\\ndepend, in turn, upon his breathing capa-\\ncity. Now, when the hare is deprived,\\nby disease, of the use of his lungs he\\nis deprived of the strongest member of\\nhis body. If hares are deprived of\\nexercise their lungs are weakened, just\\nas a man s arm withers if put into a\\nsling and deprived of use. In this weak-\\nened condition, if the hare takes cold\\nor if injurious atmospheric conditions\\narise, the lungs and respiratory tract\\neasily become affected and the hare is\\nusually too weak to withstand the at-\\ntack. Hence the great loss from dif-\\nficulties of the lungs, throat and nose.\\nRoomy pens, a speed course for exercise,\\nand an opportunity to burrow in the\\nearth will do more, in the long run, to\\nprevent these losses than any remedies\\navailable, because they afford the condi-\\ntions that make the hares healthy and\\ndevelop not only their lungs but their\\nother vital organs as well.\\nCOLIC IN YOUNG HARES.\\nOccasionally a nursing hare, four or\\nsix weeks of age, will have an attack\\nof colic or indigestion through the ex-\\ncessive use of cold drinks and will lie\\napparently dead, or, if in great distress\\nfrom this cause, will lie on his back and\\nkick and squeal. For this trouble give\\nhim two or three teaspoonfuls of pepper\\nor ginger tea, or of essence of pepper-\\nmint or cinnamon, diluted with hot\\nwater, or hot sling of whiskey, prepared\\njust as you would prepare if for a child.\\nMilk is even better to mix with these than\\nhot water. Even when apparently dead\\nthe hare may revive if kept warm. Take\\nhim away from the dam for a few days\\nand give him a little milk to which a\\nlittle sugar has been added. Do not\\ngive him very rich, heavy milk, better\\nskim it or dilute it. After from two\\nto five days he may be replaced with\\nthe litter and, ten days later, you would\\nnot know that anything had ever hap-\\npened to him. Proper methods of feed-\\ning will usually avoid this difficulty,\\nespecially if the little hares have their\\nhot water three times a day up to ten\\nor twelve weeks of age. At that period\\nthey get their new teeth, commence to\\neat coarser and stronger food, to chew\\ntheir cuds and, in general, to take on the\\nairs of full-grown animals.\\nVENT DISEASE.\\nThis unintelligible term is to the\\namateur very indefinite. Why it was\\never applied to a diseased condition of\\nthe genital organs of the hare is unex-\\nplainable. It comes from England and\\nwas first heard in this country about\\ntwo years ago when, a shipment of a\\nfew head proved to be contaminated with\\na form of disease similar, in ^ome in-\\nstances, to gonorrhea in the human fam-\\nily. In others it takes the form of\\nsyphilis, ulcers appearing in the genital\\norgans and nodules forming on the hind\\nfeet and hindquarters of the bare in both\\nsexes.\\nAs yet there has been no great loss to\\nany individual breeder, but, collectively,\\nthe loss would undoubtedly amount to\\nseveral thousands of dollars. This dis-\\neases has baffled the skill of all who have\\nattempted to cure it and this is not, by\\nany means, the worst phase of the situ-\\nation. A disposition on the part of a few\\nperhaps a very few, breeders who have\\nbeen caught by this trouble, to either\\nignore or excuse it as little or nothing\\nand then pass the stock on to others\\ntotally ignorant and unsuspecting, who\\nhave, in turn, repeated the method of\\nmaking themselves whole, has been the\\ncause of great loss. The contamination", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "52\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nRUBY PRINCE at 5 months of age. Property of Bonanza Rabbitry.\\nWeight 1% lbs., score 95^4. Sire, imported Rochdale, winner of the g-reat Rochdale prize in\\nEng-land in 1898; dam, Lady Alden, daughter of imported Lord Banbur.v and out of imported\\nMelba, a doe whose product brought to her owner in the year of 1809 a sum of $1400.00. Re-\\nserved for ou r stud.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n53\\nextends to many herds over a great area\\nof country. In fact, it may be said\\nthat nearly every section of the country\\nthat is engaged in hare breeding, has\\nsuffered more or less from this trouble.\\nUp to this writing nothing has ap-\\npeared in print, either warning or inform-\\ning the public of the extent of this\\ntrouble. Unquestionably its origin r-tay\\nbe located in England, and, yet English\\nbreeders have witheld all information of\\nthe presence of such ^lisease and many\\nunscrupulous breeders have taken ad-\\nvantage of the opportunity to urload\\ndiseased stock upon unsophisticated\\nAmericans. That it is possible to gain\\nany information from them as to the\\nsource of the disease is very doubtful.\\nCommunications upon this point br ng no\\nreplies or even references to the in-\\nquires. Evidently they prefer to give\\nus the impression that xhey are totally\\nignorant of the subject.\\nThe extent to which this trouble may\\ninvolve the interests of the Belgian hare\\nindustry, in this country depends wholly\\nupon the honor and intelligence of\\nAmerican breeders. The only safe and\\nsure cure for this disease is the axe, a\\nthorough application to be made at the\\nback of the neck down to, .^nd through\\nthe windpipe and jugular vein. Stamp\\nit out should be the motto of every\\nbreeder and spare not an infected ani-\\nmal, be his qualities what Ihey :nay. He\\nshould allow no animal to leave his\\nplace unless he has positive knowledge\\nas to the perfect freedom of that animal\\nfrom infection, and unless he Knows that\\nthe hare has not been exposed to con-\\ntamination. Never, under aTiy consider-\\nation, allow a specimen to be harbored\\nupon the place, when diseased, to enter\\na box, or to, in any way, occupy quar-\\nters that may be occupied by another\\nhare.\\nThere is a possibility of contamination\\nextending to perfectly sound and healthy\\nstock without actual contact of the le-\\nproductve organs. One laying the foun-\\ndation for a herd should take every pre-\\ncaution to be absolutely certain that his\\nstock is free from this disease: In fact,\\nhe should exact a guarantee and frcm\\ncompetent and reliable breeders. Once\\nhaving secured a perfectly healthy buck\\nor doe, the price of safety i=? eccrnal\\nvigilance, and never take any chances\\nwhen a doe is to be served by a buck,\\nif the doe has already been sei-ved by\\nanother buck. This should be made a\\nmatter for investigation and the owner\\nshould furnish certificate of breeding\\nfrom the owner of the buck that\\npreviously served the doe and allow the\\nowner of the buck whose services are ap-\\nplied for to investigate and satisfy him-\\nself that he is taking no chances. A\\nthorough examination from external ap-\\npearances, while usually sufficient,\\nnevertheless, does not give absolute evi-\\ndence that no contamination of the\\nsystem has, at any previous time, oc-\\ncurred.\\nThe degrees of infection vary and some\\nlight cases may be, by stringent methods,\\nquite well hidden, at least for a time,\\nthough usually the entire organism be-\\ncomes involved and the infection breaks\\nout at a later period and destroys the an-\\nimal. Usually the does served by an in-\\nfected buck will show the symptoms in\\nan enlarged, swollen and inflamed vulva,\\nfor a period of fifteen to sixty days. A\\ngreat deal depends upon the constitu-\\ntion of the doe, her care and her op-\\nportunities for cleanliness and for in-\\nhabiting cleanly quarters and of com-\\ning into direct contact with the earth.\\nThe earth elements are the greatest ab-\\nsorbents and the greatest alleviators of\\ninflammation and undoubtedly the best\\nassistant in overcoming such trouble\\nwould be to allow the hare free contact\\nwith the earth and to enjoy all advan-\\ntages of burrowing and lying upon\\nmounds of earth. This course of treat-\\nment, so far as known, has never been\\nemployed, but it is unquestionably\\nworthy of the efforts of the investigators\\nand experimenters. Blue clay soil would\\nundoubtedly allay the external inflam-", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "54\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nmation and this employed at the outset,\\nif one could know that contamination had\\ntaken place within say, a period of two\\nor three weeks, would probably stay the\\nravages of the disease, but there is no\\ncertainty of this.\\nWeakened constitutions in the pro-\\ngeny are certain to follow the infec-\\ntion and a fine strain of blood may be\\npractically be destroyed by simply one in-\\nfected hare in a herd. The symptoms\\nin a male are practically the same as in\\nthe female. The sheath becomes in-\\nflamed and enlarged and little pustules\\nor small ulcers form, oozing out a watery\\nexcretion, which, later on, becomes\\nacrid and extremely irritating. The hare\\nusually, through licking the parts, con-\\ntaminates his entire organism with the\\npoison, ultimately causing his death.\\nThis usually ensues within a period of\\nthree to ten months after contamina-\\ntion.\\nCAKED OR SWOLLEN BREAST.\\nA caked, or swollen breast in a doe,\\nwill occasionally occur and usually results\\nfrom contracting a cold soon after par-\\nturition, though the same conditions will\\noccur at any time during the nursing\\nperiod.\\nThese inflamed glands should be\\ntreated by hot applications and this\\ntreatment followed up with vigorous in-\\nternal treatment for the purpose of re-\\nmoving the remote cause which is a cold,\\nexcepting when bruises result from acci-\\ndents or injuries, etc. Poultices, friction,\\nlotion, etc., will usually overcome this\\ndifficulty. If the glands become un-\\nusually enlarged and continue to in-\\ncrease in size and the inflammation be-\\ncomes intense and this condition exists\\nfor two to three days it will usually be\\nnecessary to open the glands with a\\nlance, making quite a large incision. Do\\nnot be afraid to use the knife in this\\ncause.\\nIf suppuration has taken place the\\nwhite, cheesy-like formation of pus\\nshould be removed by pressure and the\\ncavity cleaned with the proper medica-\\nments, either a lotion or a paste, and\\nrecovery usually takes place in a very\\nshort time. When the pus is allowed to\\nremain any length of time sinuses will\\nform from one gland to another iind\\nthese glands will, in turn, swell and\\nsuppurate and ultimately destroy the\\nanimal.\\nAt weaning time youngsters should be\\nlabelled or marked in some way.\\nWe have found aluminum labels placed\\nin the ear to be the most satifactory\\nof any method, as we do not believe in\\ndisfiguring methods of marking. In fact,\\nwe beljeve that these are not only crtiel,\\nbut detract from the beauty of the speci-\\nmen. The custom of marking hares by\\nmaking holes and slits in the ears\\nshould be emphatically condemned as\\nshould also be done to the branding of\\nhares, with hot irons in any section of\\nthe body.\\nNever mar the beauty of the hare. The\\naluminum ear label is as light as a wsfer,\\nand is quickly and easily put on with-\\nout any distress to the hare, or without\\neven drawing a particle of blood. It is\\na rare thing that the hare ever moves\\nwhen it is correctly done. These labels\\nwe invented and make in a series, num-\\nbering consecutively from one to one\\nthousand (i to looo,) inclusive.\\nTHE HARE AND MOTHER EARTH.\\nConstruct at least one pen to every\\nfour does kept as breeders, so that the\\ndoe may burrow to her heart s content\\nduring the period of gestation, up to\\nwithin three days of the time for her\\nkindle. This arrangement will insure\\nyou against go per cent, of the illnesses\\ncommon to breeding does and also pro-\\nlong the lives of the does by at least one-\\nthird, while fully 50 per cent, of the\\nlosses in the young will be avoided. An-\\nother advantage will be removing the\\ntendency to wry front feet and week\\nkneejoints which give to a hare a bear-\\nshaped front foot, all of these defects\\nbeing directly attributable to the en-", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n55\\nforced change of conditions from those\\nnatural to the rabbit family in freedom\\nto dig with the front feet. This use of\\nthese instruments for burrowing is by\\nNature intended as a means of protec-\\ntion from beasts of prey to the doe and\\nher young. In the wild state the buck\\nrabbit does but little digging, though he\\nwill assist the doe a little in making a\\nburrow. But speed is his chief means of\\nprotection though be will, when hard\\npressed, use the burrow in which to hide\\nfrom his enemies, but he roams and\\nchanges his locations and is more liable\\nto meet with enemies than is the doe,\\nwho keeps closer to her burrow, which\\nshe constructs not far from her original\\nhome burrow.\\nWry front feet and weak knee joints\\nare the outcome of keeping hares en a\\nsurface into which tb3y cannot burrow,\\nand also when closely confined, as in\\nthe box hutch, where they cannot run.\\nThis method compels them to simply\\nsit, bearing their weight upon tbsir front\\nfeet, and with little or no other use for\\nthem, they grow weak, and each suc-\\nceeding generation brings about a more\\npronounced condition of this ill shape.\\nTake from the box hutch a matured\\nhare with, decidedly wry front feet and\\nturn her loose in a paddock and allow\\nher to burrow, and within six months\\ntime her front feet will be practically\\nstraight. She will be up on her toss,\\nand be so vastly improved in this re-\\nspect that one would be unable to iden-\\ntify her. In fact, her whole shape will\\nchange, as will her spirit and ambition.\\nA hare when digging a hole strikes with\\none paw right over the other and brings\\nthem close together. A wry-footed bare\\nhas the feet turned out at an angle\\naway from each other, and when they\\ncome to dig the effort to bring one foot\\nto strike the earth at the same point\\nwhere the other struck it brings about\\nthe change and results in overcoming\\nthis defect and straightening the feet.\\nA hare resting in a box with no use\\nfor her front feet other than to hold\\nher up becomes weak and deformed, and,\\nlike a man s arm in a sling, the foot\\nloses power and shape. It is true that\\na doe that burrows widens out her foot,\\nincreases the size of the bone and the\\ntendency is to shorten up the length of\\nthe front limb, and it is therefore doubt-\\nful whether, if hares are allowed to bur-\\nrow, we shall be able to establish in\\nthe type of the rabbit family of which\\nthe Belgian bare is the product the long,\\nslender limb found in the true English\\nwild hare, for the wild hare never bur-\\nrows. He is a rover and extremely fleet,\\nneeds no burrow for protection, and the\\ndoes drop their litter in a little wisp\\nof a nest under a bush.\\nThe young are born with bair on and\\ntheir eyes open, and in a day or two\\nare able to take care of themselves.\\nThe little, cup-like nest constructed for\\ntheir abode is soon abandoned, and they,\\nlike their ancestors, resort to their fleet-\\nness and extremely fine sense of hearing\\nto protect themselves from tbeir ene-\\nmies. The wild hare produces only two\\nlitters a year and a pair at a time.\\nThe extremely fine and racy build which\\nis always found where there is a grace\\nof movement in the highest degree is tbe\\naim of the Belgian hare fancier.\\nThe wild hare will not thrive in a\\nstate of captivity, and will produce but\\nlittle, if any. A state of captivity or\\nconfinement is so decidedly contrary to\\nthe requirements of his nature that it\\nwould be like attempting to make him\\nwalk upon his head, while the rabbit\\nfamily lives in closer quarters and yields\\nto confinement better. Still, with the\\nrabbit there is a limit, and this limit\\nhas been found to be best suited to them\\nwhen about 3Xi6-foot pens are used for\\na single specimen.\\nUndoubtedly the fancier will find that\\nto allow his hares an occasional treat of\\nfreedom to burrow will result in an in-\\ncrease of vigor, an increased longevity,\\nand increased prolificness, an increase of\\nsize, increase of shape, and certainly a less\\npercentage of disqualified specimens in", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "56\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nI/)\\n2\u00c2\u00ab\\npq\\npq\\no X.\\nW\\nH S\\npq oo", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n57\\nboth wry front feet, weak knee-joints,\\nand small and shapeless eyes. The bold,\\nbeautiully-colored, wide-open, round-\\nshaped eye is less likely to result from\\nstock confined in close and dark hutches\\nthan in open-air, broad daylight pens\\nin which the hare may jump and run,\\nenabling him to expand his lungs and to\\ngive practice to his limbs and glands\\nand to develop every part of his body.\\nSOME HOBBIES OF THE ENGLISH.\\nEnglish fanciers, with all of their skill\\nand experience and their undoubted tal-\\nent for mating specimens to produce\\ngood results, still cling to some very\\npeculiar notions and hang on. to them\\nwith an obstinacy that seems very un-\\nprogressive. They confine their hares\\nin little coops, two feet by fcur by two,\\nboarded solid on every side, and top,\\nwith little peep-holes and slits for ven-\\ntilation. Even these are so arranged as\\nto be closed up tight at every little\\nchange in the weather by means of a\\nboard that slides over thsm.\\nHow utterly irrational this notion is\\nmay be seen by the reports of judges\\nat the English exhibits of hares. These\\nreports show that two in every five of\\nthe hares offered in competition for\\nprizes are afflicted with snuffles. If this\\nis true of the choice specimens, selected\\nfor competition, what must be the state\\nof the unfortunates left at home? It\\nis a most absurd and inhum?,ne prac-\\ntice in any climate. No wonder a hare\\nbrought up in this way falls sick in be-\\ning transported across the Atlantic and\\nand the continent to the anxious breeder\\nin Los Angeles who has paid a big, round\\nsum for him, and is hoping through\\nhim to raise the quality of his herd.\\nThis persistency in devising means to\\nshut off all air from their hares has been\\ncarried to such a point by English breed-\\ners that there appears to be only one\\nmore step for them to take, namely to\\napply an air pump and thus exhaust\\nthe air in these little coops as fast as it\\ncreeps in. The first reason that they\\ngive for this ridiculous custom is the\\nfear that their hares may take cold. A\\nsecond reason which they allege is that\\nthe glossy coat of the hare is bleached\\nand therefore spoiled by the light of\\nthe sun. To avoid this they are kept\\nin darkness. The gloom of the closely-\\nconfined hutch is supposed to give a\\ndarker and glossier quality to the fur.\\nPossibly this is true. But, if true, it\\nis contrary to all common sense and\\nsound reasoning. For everybody knows\\nthat the coat of any animal is at its\\nbest when that animal is in the pink\\nof condition, which can only be possible\\nwhen the animal has freedom, air and\\nsunshine, an opportunity to stretch every\\nmuscle, to exercise every organ and to\\nexpand its lungs with pure oxygen,\\ncreating pure, strong blood.\\nA hare cannot develop and grow strong\\nand vigorous, in a dungeon, any more\\nthan a man can. Nature is always the\\nbest guide. Place your hare as nearly\\nas possible in a state of nature. Give\\nhim a pen where he can make a choice\\nbetween sunshine and shade. Instinct\\nwill tell him how to combine the two,\\nhow long to remain in the sun and how\\nlong to linger in the shade. He will live\\nin such a way as to maintain the high-\\nest possible condition of health, and that\\nmeans the best possible condition of fur,\\nalways.\\nGive your hares freedom, air and sun-\\nshine and plenty of wholesome food.\\nBreed scientifically. Practice grooming,\\nwith the brush and with the hand, every\\nday when preparing specimens for ex-\\nhibition, and the best in external appear-\\nance will be the result, supported by a\\nconstitution which will enable the hare\\nto live long enough to \u00c2\u00a3ee from ten to\\nfifteen generations of his progeny. Not\\nonly will he himself have health and\\ntherefore happiness but his owner as well\\nwill derive a thousand times greater\\npleasure from his free and robust con-\\ndition than he could possibly derive from\\nthe possession of a weakly specimen,\\ntoo delicate to endure the fresh and in-\\nvigorating breezes of heaven.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "58\\nTHE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\nDETERMINING THE SEX IN YOUNG\\nHARES.\\nIt is almost impossible to distinguish\\nthe sex of a hare before he reaches the\\nthird or fourth week of his existence\\nwithout going into very minute methods\\nof examination.\\nTo examine him take him by the ears\\nand skin of the shoulders with the left\\nhand, lay him over on the small of his\\nback exposing the parts to a bright\\nlight. Place the forefinger of the\\nright hand on the skin between the\\nanus and the tail and the thumb about\\none inch from the finger, and toward\\nthe abdomen, and press down and out-\\nward, extending the distance between\\nthe finger and thumb. This will expose\\nthe parts and in the male a very small\\nbut round orifice will appear with\\nsmooth surface of sk.n betwesn this\\norifice and the anus of per-\\nhaps from one-third to one-half inch\\nwhen at the of four to five weeks. With\\nthe fsmale there is none of this space\\nand the orifice is oblong and apparently\\nextends right to the anus and, when\\nwell stretched, will expose an opening\\nabout one-fourth to three-eighths of\\nan inch in length.\\nAmateurs often make mistakes in ex-\\namining hares to determine the sex,\\nespecially in the very young animals.\\nIt is well to examine frequently though\\nyou may have thought that you have\\nsettled the question the first time. This\\nrule should apply especially when mak-\\ning selection at a very young age.\\nTO CASTRATE HARES.\\nBucks may be castrated when about\\nfour months of age. Occasionally a few\\nwill develop the testicles so that tl.iy\\nmay be found and removed at about\\nthree months of age, but as a rule four\\nmonths is the best age.\\nAn assistant is necessary to perform\\nthis operation, he taking the hare in his\\nlap while seated so as to hold the lap\\non a level, and turning the back of the\\nhare towards him and taking a front and\\nhind leg in each hand holding the hare\\nsolid and exposing the parts to the oper-\\nator who stands in front.\\nThe operator should take the testicle\\nlying on tbe left side first, pressing the\\nthumb and finger from the abdominal\\ncavity back toward the anus, and when\\nthe skin of the scrotum is well stretched,\\nwith a single stroke open the scrotum.\\nIt is necessary to cut deeply enough to\\nlay a good-sized opening in the scrotum\\nand to do this usually the testicle will\\nbe laid open more or less. With tbe\\nleft hand take the testicle from the\\nscrotum, drawing it out slowly and\\nfor something like two or three inches.\\nNow, with a knife, remove, or separate,\\nthe artery and the spermatic cord, cut-\\nting upward and leaving a little, pea-\\nlike shaped bulb on the end of the sper-\\nmatic cord, cutting between this bulb and\\nth2 testicle proper, allowing the cord\\nto drop and return to the scrotum.\\nCommence about two inches from the\\ntesticle to scrape on the sides of the\\nartery downwards with the edge of the\\nknife, making a light and slow draw-\\ning stroke with the edge of the knife\\nand downward, touching the artery a\\nlittle lower or nearer to the scrotum with\\neach stroke perhaps a dozen or twenty of\\nthese little fine cuts with the knife are\\nnecessary to wear down before severing\\nthe artery, which should be done well\\ndown, close to the scrotum. When this\\nis well done but little blood will be lost.\\nIf the artery were cut square off a great\\ndeal of blood would be lost, probably re-\\nsulting in the hare bleeding to death.\\nRepeat this operation with the testicle\\nlying on the right side and th3 job is\\ndone. It is not necessary to apply any-\\nthing to the parts unless it be in hot\\nweather when a little pine tar may be\\napplied to the scrotum and surrounding\\nedges of the orifice to prevent flies from\\nsettling upon the parts and blowing.\\nNever put water on an open wound in\\na hare. No special treatment or care", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n59\\nis necessary before or after this opera-\\ntion, excepting when the young bucks\\ncommence to fight before castrating.\\nOften one or two of a litter or penful\\nwill develop fighting propensities much\\nearlier than others and will even make\\ncuts and slashes in their companions and\\nkeep all within their reach in a state of\\nfear and more or less feverish. Hares\\nshould be in a normally healthy condi-\\ntion when castrated. This is the mast\\nessential feature to look after. Never\\ncastrate a hare that has a cold or that\\nhas been severely excited or chased,\\ncreating a fevered state.\\nTake them from their pens quietly\\nand carefuUy and remove them for\\nsome little distance from the pens con-\\ntaining the other hares who are to under-\\ngo the same operation, where they will\\nnot hear the bare if he squeals. Occa-\\nsionally one will set up quite a howl\\nthough this is rare. The hare is an ex-\\ntremely senitive excitable animal and\\nhe may be scared nearly to death with-\\nout having been touched.\\nProbably 95 per cent, of the hares cas-\\ntrated at this age will, within three to\\nfive days after the operation, appear\\nas well and natural as before the opera-\\ntion. The only difference noticeable is\\ntheir disposition to remain quiet during\\nthis time. In fact, after being cas-\\ntrated, they are always quiet and usually\\nthis operation puts an end to all disposi-\\ntion to scrap or cbase another. Cas-\\ntrated hares will, upon less food, make\\nmore rapid growth, more flesh and of bet-\\nter quality than the entire specimen will\\nfurnish, or the does. The operation of\\nunsexing a doe is impracticable as it\\nis necessary to cut through the perito-\\nneum, the inner skin covering the intes-\\ntines and holding them in place, and this\\ninvolves great danger. In fact, with\\nthe hare it is a very difficult matter to\\nremove the ovaries and save the life of\\nthe doe, that is, excepting in the hands of\\nan expert of the highest order. There\\nare many conditions that the average\\ninexperienced person would not be like-\\nly to be able to control.\\nDIRECTIONS FOR COOKING.\\nThere are very many ways of cooking\\nthe hare and variations to suit the tastes\\nof individuals will occur to almost every\\nhousewife and caterer. We present a\\nnumber of those that we consider the\\nbest and the most thoroughly tested.\\nHares between three and six months of\\nage are the best for cooking but older\\nones are good if they are fattened\\nrapidly. An easy way to determine\\nwhether a specimen, bought dressed, is\\nyoung is to try the jaw between your\\nthumb and finger. If this breaks easily\\nthe hare is a young one. In young hares\\nthe coat and claws are smooth, but are\\nthe opposite in older animals. The ears\\nof the young may be easily torn. If\\na hare has been killed recently the flesh\\nwill be dry, white and sweet. If for\\na longer period it will be blue and un-\\nattractive in appearance. Most people\\nprefer that hares for the table should be\\nkilled one day before being eaten.\\nHares intended for the table should\\nbe rather close penned for ten days\\nor two weeks before killing and should\\nbe fed on cured grass, rolled oats, rice,\\na little sugar and scalded milk. If fed\\non coarse and dry food the delicate flavor\\nwill be lacking. Young bucks caponized\\nwhen two or three months old make\\nthe best eating. The more rapidly the\\nhare is fattened for food the better the\\nflavor. Great attention is paid to these\\nfine points in the Old World where the\\nBelgian has long been the delight of\\nepicures.\\nTo our minds the best way of cooking\\nthe hare is to steam it in a double cook-\\ning-dish such as those used for making\\ndelicate puddings, mushes, etc. Add just\\nsufficient water to fairly cover the meat.\\nThen let it steam for about three hours\\nin its own juices, seasoning while cook-\\ning with pepper and salt to taste. Butter\\nmay be added or the gravy may be", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "60\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nP^\\nc ii\\no\\nMl\\nO\\nPL,\\n3\\nW) 5\\n6\\n3 5\\nN\\no\\n5 ja", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n61\\nthickened with flour or cream; the latter\\nmakes a delicious dressing. Serve hot on\\ntoast. Prepared in this way the meat\\nis very tender and appetizing. This is\\nthe best way of cooking for invalids,\\nas all of the juices are preserved in the\\ngravy and the meat is so delicate and\\ntender that it is readily digested. No\\nother meat dish can be so appetizing\\nand at the same time so harmless as\\nthis one.\\nA lady friend of ours has recently\\ngiven us an attractive variation of the\\nabove by frying the meat, after it\\nhas been steamed as above directed, to\\na delicate brown in a batter of egg\\nand bread crumbs.\\nHARE PIE.\\nHare pie is fully as satisfactory as\\nchicken pie. Boil for perhaps an hour,\\nor until the meat is fairly tender. Pre-\\npare a biscuit crust the same as for\\nand old-fashoned chicken pie. Line the\\nbottom and sides of a pan with this,\\nplace the hare and the gravy inside and\\ncover with more of the crust. Also in-\\nclose half a dozen cubes, three of lean\\nand three of salt pork, each about two\\ninches square. Bake in a quick oven\\nfrom half to three-quarters of an hour or\\nuntil the crust is well browned. For\\nthose whose digestion is fairly robust\\nthis is a splendid way to cook the\\nhare.\\nSTEWED HARE\\nShould be prepared by boiling two or\\nthree hours, according to the age of the\\nhare, till the flesh drops off the bones;\\nthicken the gravy with flour and milk,\\npreferably a little cream, and add a piece\\nof best butter. Always have consider-\\nable water over meat while boiling. An\\nabundance of thickened gravy spread\\nupon toast makes a dish fit for any\\nepicure in the country.\\nMrs. Rorer, the eminent authority on\\ncookery, recommends the hare as a deli-\\ncate subject for a fricassee. Her direc-\\ntions are to first brown butter in a hot\\niron skillet. Then fry the hare brown\\non both sides. Next cover with hot water\\nand stew, say for an hour, or until\\nthoroughly tender, seasoning to taste.\\nAt the end of the stewing let the hare\\nfry down. This makes a most delicious\\ndish and is preferred by many.\\nOTHER POPULAR RECIPES.\\nBroiled hare: For broiling use hares\\nunder four or five months of age and\\ntherefore tender. Soak for a short time\\nin water without salt or soda. Salt\\nor soda injures the delicate flavor. Dry\\nwell with a clean cloth. Gash down the\\nback through the thickest portion. Flat-\\nten each hare. Place it on a gridiron\\nand broil over a bed of clear coals, turn-\\ning often. Or you may lay them smooth\\non the bottom of a dripping pan, and\\ncook in a hot oven without basting. Oil\\nthe pan slightly with a little sweet\\ndripping or a bit of fresh butter. They\\nshould be done in half an hour.\\nStewed hare: First way, cut the hares\\ninto joints. Drop into a pot and cover\\nwith boiling water. Then slice in an\\nonion and a bit of bacon, and stew\\nslowly one hour, or until tender. As\\nold hares are best stewed, it will do\\nno harm to put in a young chicken,\\nstewing all together. At the end of\\nhalf an hour add a few potatoes, peeled,\\nand cut in quarters, and, if liked, some\\nsmall bits of light paste, after the\\npotatoes get fairly boiling. When all\\nare done stir in a little cream thickened\\nwith white flour, boil up a moment and\\ndish for the table.\\nAnother stew: Another way, is to\\nput into a wide sauce-pan a spoonful\\nof dripping, heat it till hot and slice\\nin an onion; any sweet herbs, cut fine,\\nmay also be added. Then lay in a\\ncouple of hares, cut into joints or whole\\nSLi may be desired, cover, and heat\\nuntil they begin to brown. Turn and\\nbrown again slightly; be very careful\\nthey do not scorch; then add a cup\\nof boiling water, cover closely and stew,", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "62\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nor rather simmer one hour, until tender,\\nthicken over with browned flour or\\ncream and flour, and serve. The gravy\\nin the pan from the stew should be\\nused to make the dressing.\\nA chafing-dish recipe: This is a steam\\nprocess. In this method old or young\\nhares may be used. Cut into convenient\\npieces, place in the chafing-dish and\\ntreat to the steam until the flesh leaves\\nthe bones by the aid of a steel fork.\\nCover with a rich cream gravy flavored\\nwith sherry wine to taste. As a food\\nfor chafing-dish parties there is nothing\\nso delicate or digestible as Belgian hare.\\nIf preferred the hare may be steamed\\nuntil done in a double kettle and placed\\nin the chafing-dish only for final prep-\\naration with the gravy and sherry\\nwine.\\nFried Belgian: Disjoint and cut uni-\\nform pieces, cover with boiling water,\\nand let it simmer until quite tender.\\nThen remove it carefully to a dry dish.\\nDredge well with flour and drop into\\nvery hot butter to brown. Serve with\\ngravy made from the liquor in which\\nit was boiled, and cream. Two table-\\nspoonfuls of vinegar added while boil-\\ning is an improvement. A few table-\\nspoonfuls of claret add a gaminess to\\nthe dish.\\nRoast hare: Make a dressing of\\nfine dry bread-crumbs; part graham\\nis best. Add to the crumbs a small\\nlump of fresh butter, a little dry sage\\n(or other herb, if preferred), and\\nmoisten well with tepid water, stir-\\nring well as you add it. Do not put\\nin too much water; have the dressing\\nlight and flakey, not wet and heavy.\\nThe large and delicious liver of the\\nhare having been thoroughly steamed,\\nwill add an unwonted zest if chopped\\ninto bits and put into the stuffing.\\nFill the hares with this, leaving plenty\\nof room for the dressing to swell;\\nsew up, put the hares into a dripping-\\npan, add a cup of boiling water, and\\nroast as slowly as possible, during the\\nfirst half hour. Baste every fifteen or\\ntwenty minutes, turning as needed;\\nand if any part browns to fast, cover\\nit with a clean napkin wet in warm\\nwater, and folded two or three times.\\nAllow from one to two hours for roast-\\nittig; test with a fork, to ascertain\\nwhen the hares are done, take them\\nout of the pan and make the gravy;\\ndrain the grease all off, and set the\\npan on the stove; then put in any tid-\\nbits (as the liver, etc.), and the liquor\\nin which they are boiled; thicken\\nwith a little browned flour wet with\\nmilk or water, and boil up a moment.\\nGrilled hare: Take tender young\\nBelgians not over four months old. Cut\\ndown the front, removing any clinging\\nthin skin, roll out flat and pat between\\nthe grilling irons over steady, hot coals,\\nbasting constantly with butter. A little\\nWorcesteshire sauce may be added. If\\nproperly prepared the flesh is pure\\nwhite.\\nHare in the blanket: Take a large\\nhare if possible, draw well and rub\\nsmartly with whatever flavorings in-\\ntended. Small slices of thin cut bacon\\nmay be inserted in the hare as is done\\nsometimes in the case of veal loaf. Roll\\nthe hare in a blanket of pastry, or\\ndough which has not enough shorten-\\ning to prevent a good consistency, and\\nboil until testing with a fork proves\\nthe hare to be thoroughly cooked. Drain\\nvery carefully the juice in which the\\nthe hare has been cooked and use it in\\nmaking a rich gravy, either in browned\\nflour or a flour and cream paste. Port\\nwine or old claret, with a few hot con-\\ndiments impart to the hare in blanket,\\nwhich is usually not considered a rich\\ndish, a most appetizing savour.\\nSpanish Method of Cooking. Slice\\none large onion, one chili pepper, and\\nfour medium-sized tomatoes into a stew\\npan and bring to a boil. Cut the hare\\ninto pieces and put into the mixture as\\nsoon, as it boils. Add one teaspoon of\\nsalt and enough hot water to cover. When", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n63\\nnearly done thicken with flour and add\\nbutter the size of an egg.\\nRoast with Onions. Have a double\\nroaster. Place a layer of onions in the\\nbottom of the pan, then a\\nlayer of the meat. Alternate\\nin this way until the pan is\\nfull. Roast is thoroughly done. With a\\ndouble roaster no water is needed as\\nthe juices of the meat and the onions\\nfurnish sufificient moisture.\\nCurried Hare. Cut into joints and\\nplace in stew pan with two tablespoons\\nof drippings or butter and sliced onions\\nto suit. Brown well and add a pint of\\nsoup stock. Mix a tablespoon each of\\nflour and curry until smooth in a little\\nwater; place in pan and add pepper and\\nsalt, a teaspoon of mushroom powder;\\nlet simmer for an hour or so. Add juice\\nof half a lemon and a little parsley.\\nServe with boiled rice piled around it\\nat side of platter. Water instead of stock\\nmay be used if the latter is not at hand.\\nPotted Hare. Cut in pieces and place\\nin stone jar. Fill the space between\\nmeat pieces with veal and bacon, a\\npound each, cut to dice; mix with liver\\nof hare, also cut fine; add a tabhspoon-\\nful each of mace, cloves and black pep-\\nper and salt. Place thin slices of bacon\\non top, and a bay leaf if liked. Cover\\nwith a lid of plain paste made of flour\\nand water. Set the jar in pan or pot\\ncontaining water and bake in slow oven.\\nKeep from burning by placing a greased\\npaper over the paste. Put no water to\\nthe meat. When done set away to cool,\\nthen pound pieces of the hare, veal and\\nbacon to a paste, mix in gravy from the\\nbottom when boiled almost dry. Add\\nmore seasoning if needed. Press solid\\ninto cups or small jugs, covering top\\nwith melted butter, and set away in a\\ncool place.\\nJugged Hare. Cut in pieces and sea-\\nson with pepper and salt, fry brown and\\nseason with a little thyme and chopped\\nparsley, nutmeg, cloves, mace, grated\\nlemon peel, and add a couple of an-\\nchovies. Place a layer of the pieces in-\\nto a wide-mouthed jar, then a layer of\\nthinly sliced bacon and so on with al-\\nternate layers. Add two gills of water,\\ncover and put in cold water, boiling\\nthree or four hours. Remove the jar,\\ntake out the unmelted bacon and make\\na gravy of a little butter, flour and\\nketchup. Some add a little grated lemon\\npeel.\\nMinced Belgian.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Take sharp knife,\\nslice the meat thin, and chop it fine.\\nThen crack the bones, put them into a\\npot with the neck or any remaining\\nportions, nearly cover with cold water,\\nand simmer half an hour. Strain the\\nliquor, thicken and use it as a dressing.\\nWhen half cold put in the minced hare;\\nif the mixture is not wet enough, add\\na little cream or milk. Cover the pot,\\nand heat slowly till it is ready to boil;\\nstir rarely. Lift from the fire and pour\\nthe stew over a plate of stale biscuits\\nsplit op;n and crisped in a hot oven.\\nThe Liver. The liver is a delicious\\ntidbit cooked in a hundred different ways.\\nUusually it is remarkably sweet and\\nwholesome. On account of its large\\nsize it makes an excellent pate de fois\\ngras. The liver can be cooked in any of\\nthe ways recommended for the tidbits\\nof chicken or turkey.\\nBELGIAN HARE BAKED.\\nTake two hares over three months of\\nage, laying them down, baste the two\\nunder sides together and fill with a\\ndressing made from bread crumbs sea-\\nsoned to taste, with sage, salt, pepper\\nand a liberal slice of butter. Moisten\\nwith hot water, as it will mix nicely,\\nbeing careful not to get it too wet, then\\nlay in thin slices of salt pork and sew\\nupper sides together, lard with\\nlong strips of the pork, or if\\nyou have not a larding needle,\\nlay the strips of pork over the hares and\\ntie them to their place. This is to keep\\nthe juices from escaping. Lay the hares\\nin a double bake-pan, sprinkle with salt\\nand pepper, fill the pan half full of boil-\\ning water, cover up and bake for three\\nhours in a stove oven not removing the\\ncover until ready to serve. Pour the", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "64\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\ngrease from the gravy and thicken. A\\ncapon six to ten months old is better\\nthan a young hare prepared this way.\\nBELGIAN HARE FRIED.\\nTo fry, use young hares nine to twelve\\nweeks old, fry out salt pork. (Do not\\nuse lard.) Add half butter, salt and\\npepper the hare to taste, flour well and\\nlay in the hot grease and butter, brown\\nnicely on both sides, then add half a\\ntea cup of boiling water and cover\\nclosely, and cook for at least one hour,\\nadding more water as needed. Let it\\ncook down but not fry too dry. Take out\\nand make a good milk gravy, properly\\nseasoned, and you never ate a finer dish\\nin your life.\\nDRESSING THE HARE FOR MARKET.\\nCare should be exercised in catching\\nhares to kill for table use. They are\\nvery active and will jump with great\\nforce. If they happen to strike the sides\\nof the pen or any other object they will\\nfrequently bruise the flesh severely. Oft-\\nen large clots of blood will form on\\nthe shoulders and sides as a result of\\nthese bruises. These clots must be ab-\\nsorbed by the healthy blood, if the hare\\nis not killed at once, and so carried\\nout of the system. If they are not ab-\\nsorbed they will poison all of the blood\\nand will also render the flesh very un-\\nwholesome food, often resulting in death\\nto the animal. All pens in which hares\\nintended for the market are confined\\nshould be arranged with a gate at one\\nend so that the hares may be run into\\na space three or four feet square and\\ncaught without injury. To kill them,\\nhold by the hind legs and strike a quick\\nblow on the back of the neck. This\\nstuns the animal and his throat may\\nthen be cut and the hare allowed to bleed\\nthoroughly.\\nAfter striking the hare behind tlie\\nears with the hand or a small stick,\\nyou may either cut his throat or cut\\nhis head entirely off with an ax or\\ncleaver. The latter method is probably\\nthe easier for most people. Hang the\\ncarcass by the gamble-cords, just as a\\nbutcher would hang and stretch a beef\\nor a sheep, to two nails or a wooden bar\\nmade for the purpose.\\nNow slit the skin from gamble to\\ngamble, near to the tail, or directly up\\nand down the edges of the thighs. Free\\nthe skin from the hock joints and turn\\nit over wrong side out and downwards.\\nGo slow until you have reached the mid-\\ndle of the body. Part the fat from the\\nskin leaving the fat on the carcass. Use\\na knife to separate the fat from the skin.\\nCut the pelvic bone and open all the way\\ndown to the end of the neck. Remove\\nthe entrails and the feet. Wash the\\nflesh and the dressing is done. Allow\\nthe flesh to cool, and if it is intended\\nfor market wrap it with new cheese-\\ncloth, and pin this or use round-pointed\\ntooth-picks as skewers. Before wrapping\\nwipe thoroughly dry and remove all\\nblood to avoid staining the wrapping\\ncloth. Always remove the feet at the\\nhock and at the knee joints.\\nNever peddle live hares from house to\\nhouse or take them to market until you\\nhave received an order for them. This\\nis the most unsatisfactory manner of dis-\\nposing of any marketable commodity.\\nBy dressing the hare yourself you save\\nthe pelts and, where the business is\\nconducted on a large scale, these amount\\nto a large sum in the course of a year.\\nThey make beautiful buggy robes and\\nrugs. Sixteen pelts will make a robe\\nthat will sell at from $20 to $25, and six\\nwill make a splendid rug. Many other\\narticles for home use could be made from\\nthem.\\nWhen you once get a customer for\\nhares he is very likely to be permanent\\nand arrangements can be made for a\\nweekly supply to families. First-class\\nhotels and many restaurants will con-\\nsume them by the hundred. Europeans\\nand Americans who have lived abroad\\nprefer the flesh of the hare to that of\\nany other animal.\\nTo frighten hares, or to cause them\\nto run only a few minutes from fright,\\nproduces a change in the lungs shown", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n65\\nby a mottled color. This is due to ob-\\nstructed circulation, resulting from over-\\nexertion or fear, or both. The natural\\ncolor is a uniform pink or a very light\\nred. At all times hares should be hand-\\nled very gently, and any person enter-\\ning their pens should be very quiet and\\nmoderate in his movements so as not to\\nstartle them.\\nRESERVE THE PELTS.\\nThe skins of the Belgians are worth\\nfrom 25 to 50 cents each in the market,\\nthe value depending somewhat upon lo-\\ncality and consequent demand. They\\nmake handsome robes and rugs, capes,\\netc., when properly cut and made up.\\nIt is not difficult to make these articles\\nat home and use or sell. Here is a new\\nfield for home industry for womenfolk.\\nIn this way the pelts bring from $1 to $2\\neach.\\nA WORD AS TO SHIPPING.\\nBuyers should insist that dealers ship\\nstock in roomy cages open on the sides\\nand top, inclosed with wire netting, so\\nthat when they are stacked up, one\\nabove the other as they often are, in\\nexpress cars, the hares may have some\\nchance to get sufficient air. If this is\\nnot done they are likely either to suf-\\nfocate on the way or to get heated and\\nthen chilled, taking cold as a result. We\\nmanufacture a crate for this purpose\\nwhich has met the universal approval of\\nbuyers, dealers and express agents, all\\nof whom are interested parties. The bus-\\niness of shipping hares to all parts of the\\ncountry has now reached such propor-\\ntions that the express companies insist\\nupon the use of suitable cages, which\\nthey return to shippers at reduced\\nrates. Each cage should be sup-\\nplied with grain and hay, also with\\na dish of water which will be filled from\\ntime to time by the express agents. Tin\\ncups are as good as anything both for\\nfeed and water as they may be attached\\nto the wire mesh and are thus out of the\\nway and not likely to become fouled.\\nFor bringing importations from Eng-\\nland and for shipping hares to long dis-\\ntances in this country we have invented\\nand patented a circular cage that has\\ngreat advantages. This cage is seven\\nand a half feet in circumference, made\\nof wire with an outside covering of can-\\nvas, which may be adjusted to prevent\\ndraughts. It is made in sections and a\\ngreater or less number may be used as\\ndesired. Through the center a cone\\npasses, which is to be filled with suf-\\nficient food for a long journey. Each\\nhare has plenty of air and room for exer-\\ncise. He may travel round and round\\ngoing miles every day if he wishes.\\nThese cages are self-cleaning and in\\nevery way the best for the purpose. Our\\nhares, imported in these cages, made\\nthe long journey and arrived at Los\\nAngeles in the pink of condition, alert\\nand active as a bird and fit to go at\\nonce on the exhibition table, a gratify-\\ning contrast with the numerous im-\\nportations in which nothing but dead or\\ndying hares have been delivered to the\\nunfortunate buyers.\\nThe most careful attention should be\\ngiven to this phase of the industry.\\nObservation will confirm the truth of the\\nstatement that hares, from the tiny\\nyoungster six or eight weeks of age up\\nto the oldest of breeding stock, are not\\na little excited when the attempt is\\nmade to crate and move them. This\\nexcitability intensifies respiration making\\nit necessary that the hare should have\\nabundance of air and, at the same time,\\nbe protected from strong draughts.\\nThe cage that is best suited to ship\\na hare in is one that will allow him to\\nstretch out at full length, to sit up as is\\nhis custom in his pen, and to make at\\nleast one hop in some one direction, either\\nin a circle or straight ahead. The ne-\\ncessity for space to move in is greater\\nthan at first might appear. With no\\nexercise the hares often become paralyzed\\nwith only a few days journey.\\nAs a rule, a hare consumes but little\\nfood en route, especially if it be his first", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "66\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nexperience in traveling. Through tim-\\nidity or excitability he foregoes eating\\nand, except in extremely hot weather, he\\nwill abstain from drinking. The crate\\nshould always be protected by a cover\\nthat will shed water for often in trans-\\nferring from one car to another, the\\ncrates are allowed to stand on platforms,\\nand, during a storm, this exposure to\\nwet often endangers the life of the ani-\\nmal. The hare is decidedly averse to\\nwater, excessive sun, heat and strong\\ncurrents of wind.\\nBear this in mind in all arrangements\\nand the greatest risk in transit will be\\navoided. The supply of food should cor-\\nrespond precisely with that which it\\nhas been the custom of the hare to en-\\njoy. Do not make radical changes on\\nany occasion. Always furnish dry litter\\nsawdust or straw for bedding. This\\nmakes a cushion as well as an absorbent\\nand tends to make the hare feel more\\nat home.\\nFasten to the sides of the crate little\\nbales of hay and always furnish at least\\ntwo cups to each compartment, one for\\ngrain and one for water, and supply a\\nsufficient quantity of grain in a little\\nsack attached to the side of the crate\\nfor the hare. Express messengers are\\noften overworked and have but a mo-\\nment s time when they happen to think\\nof caring for the hares en route and\\nevery convenince should be afforded the\\nmessenger to insure reasonably good care\\nof the hares.\\nAnother, and one of the most im-\\nportant points to be observed, is to place\\na card upon the crate with this in-\\nscription:\\nTo Express Messenger:\\nThis hare is a valuable animal. Please\\ndo not give him ice water, as it is cer-\\ntain to harm him and may cause his\\ndeath. Kindly let the water stand and\\nbecome warm, then give a moderate\\nquantity, if possible, three times a\\nday.\\nMany valuable hares have been\\nlost while crossing the desert\\nbecause of being given ice water\\nto drink. If hares have grass, etc., it\\nis proper to supply the same, attached\\nto the side of the crate but, otherwise,\\ndo not include any in the equipment\\nof the crate with food for the journey.\\nCARING FOR HARES ON ARRIVAL\\nAFTER A JOURNEY.\\nIt often happens that hares have been\\nsadly neglected en route, especially when\\nthey have been on the road for several\\ndays. It is always best to limit the\\nsupply of food and liquid for the first\\nthree or four days after arrival, other-\\nwise the hare may do himself an in-\\njury and bring on, a bad bowel com-\\nplaint or fever and a bad condition of the\\nstomach that will produce evil results,\\nespecially if the hare be a doe and with\\nyoung. The proper course for a shipper\\nis to inform the new owner of the speci-\\nmen as to the kinds of food to which\\nthe hare is accustomed that a radical\\nchange may be avoided.\\nKEEP A COMPLETE RECORD.\\nAn effective and systematic record\\nshould be kept of the breeding of every\\nanimal in your rabbitry. There are\\nmany devices for this purpose and most\\npeople will establish such a record as\\nsuits their individual fancy. The record\\nmay be kept both by number and by\\nname, or simply by name, as preferred.\\nNumbering has the additional advantage\\nof always showing the sum total of\\nthe product of the rabbitry at any\\ngiven time.\\nA record similar to the following should\\nbe kept of all of the matings, giving the\\nnumber and, if any, the name of both\\ndoe and buck, the date of mating, the\\ndate of testing, the time when the litter\\nis due, and any remarks that may be in-\\nteresting for future reference. Each\\nbreeding doe should have this record at-\\ntached to her hutch, showing her name\\nand number, to avoid possibilities of\\nerrors. Each time that she is bred", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n67\\nand litter weaned, another card should\\nte attached, a duplicate of the record,\\nstating the facts in brief; namely, the\\ndate, number and name of buck, etc.\\nThis affords a ready means of reference\\nand saves hunting up the record in the\\nmore permanent record book.\\nOf course, every breeder will keep a\\nday-book and ledger in the ordinary\\nstyle of books of account for any busi-\\nness. This will show not only the ag-\\ngregate profit from the rabbitry, but\\nthe record of each breeding buck c/nd doe;\\nfor a ledger account should be opened\\nwith each promising member of the\\nrabbitry.\\nFollowing is an illustration of a con-\\nvenient form for pen card:\\nBREEDING PRIZE WINNERS.\\nThere are certain fundamental prin-\\nciples always to be borne in mind in\\nmating hares so as to produce a progeny\\nbetter than the parents, with the idea of\\nimproving one s strains or of securing\\nexhibition specimens.\\nIf you expect good results in this direc-\\ntion, you must never go at the breeding\\nproposition haphazard, but must have a\\ndefinite object in view and must aim\\nto have the qualities of the sire and\\ndam so blended that where the one is de-\\nficient the other may be able to supply\\nthat deficiency. A breeder should know\\nwhat his hares are likely to transmit,\\nfor the hare hands down to his descend-\\nName animal\\nNo. of pen\\nSire\\nDam\\nDropped\\nServed by\\nPrincess\\nDate\\n30\\nTested\\nKing Philip\\nKindled\\nQneen Anne\\nNo. of Litter\\nMay 1st, 97\\nNo. Raised\\nUncle Sam\\nWeaned Litter\\nJuly 4th, -98\\nJul3- 7-8-11-13\\nAug-. 4th, 98\\n10\\n10\\nSept. 18th.\\nFORM FOR A PEDIGREE.\\nIt may be that you will have partic-\\nularly choice stock with which you will\\nwish to give a pedigree when sold, or\\nwhen placed on exhibition. The follow-\\ning is an extended form of tabulated\\npedigree\\nants, both good and bad qualities with\\nremarkably certainty.\\nFor this purpose you must know the\\npedigrees of your hares and the quali-\\nties, desirable or otherwise, belonging\\nto each family. The longer the good\\nqualities have been bred into a family,\\nBonanza Prince.\\nBonanza Gold Leaf.\\nBred by Elmer L.\\nPiatt, Bonanza Rab-\\nbiirv. Los Ang-eles,\\nCal. Dropped Jan. 3d, I Gold Belle.\\n1898. Weight at 8\\nmonths, lO^i lbs.\\nf Superior.\\nI\\nBelle of Belgium\\nf Perfection\\n[Valley Belle.\\ni Shakespeare\\nI Queen Anne\\nKing of Belgium\\nPride of Belgium\\nLord Bacon\\nVictoria\\nI Diamond Chief\\nJewel of Belffium", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "68\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITKY MANUAL.\\nthe more certain is any individual of that\\nfamily to transmit them. Hence the\\nvalue of pedigree, because a family that\\nhas long been noted for certain qualities\\nis likely to continue noted for those\\nsame qualities.\\nThe score card will be found of ines-\\ntimable value in this direction, for it\\naffords a ready means of comparing both\\nthe good qualities and the deficiencies of\\nsires and dams. For instance, you have\\na doe that you desire to breed to produce\\nbetter stock. Suppose that she is some-\\nwhat deficient in ticking. On no account\\nshould you mate her with a buck that\\nis also deficient in ticking. Select one\\nthat has on over-supply, if anything. If\\nyour does is light in her hind feet, get\\na buck with as red hind feet as is pos-\\nsible for you to procure. And so on\\ndown through the list of the twenty-\\nnine sections into which the score card,\\nfollowing the Standard of Excellence, is\\ndivided.\\nIf you have originality enough to\\nstrike out for yourself and to follow an\\nideal of your own you may be fortunate\\nenough to secure some very striking\\nspecimens that will make your reputa-\\ntion. It is possible, by judicious selec-\\ntion, keeping always the same end in\\nview, to emphasize almost any quality.\\nBut you must be careful lest, in seeking\\nfor some one thing, you go too far and\\nsacrifice that all-round excellence with-\\nout which a high score is impossible.\\nTwo things are always to be borne in\\nmind, namely, form and color. These\\nare the foundations of all the points in\\nthe Standard of Excellence. A good brood\\ndoe is always sound colored, that is, her\\nfur everywhere is rich and strong, with\\nplenty of life and fire in it. Never\\nuse a doe that has a gray or washed-\\nout appearance. She should be of good\\nsize, long in body, but not heavily built.\\nThe legs of the doe should be especially\\nfine and long. If the doe s legs are\\nheavy and short, the young are certain to\\nfollow her in these respects. The same\\nfact applies in the symmetry of the\\nback and loins. Color of the hind feet,\\nticking and lacing should be carefully\\nconsidered. The hind feet should be of\\na deep red all around the leg and up to\\nthe hock joint. The ticking should be\\nplentiful and wavy. The finer and leaner\\nthe head of the doe the better, and the\\neyes should be large and full.\\nThe popular color for bucks at stud is\\na rich rufus-red, lightly ticked.\\nThis should run strong down the\\nsides and haunches. The forelegs\\nshould be well colored and free\\nfrom ticking and the hind legs as rich\\nin color as it is possible to get. Never\\nuse a buck that has poor hind feet. Sym-\\nmetry is a point of great importance\\nin the buck. If he lacks grace and form\\nhis progeny will also be lacking. Heavi-\\nness or chopp ness of the head is a fea-\\nture especially liable to be transmitted\\nand it is therfore especially desirable\\nthat the buck should be fine and clear-\\ncut about the head.\\nIn choosing foundation stock, you\\nshould be careful to select well-mated\\nspecimens along the lines here suggested.\\nIf you lack the experience or the oppor-\\ntunity to do this, then send to some re-\\nputable dealer, state yoiu needs fully to\\nhim and have him make a selection for\\nyou. The foundation stock will be here-\\nafter of greater and greater importance\\nin this country, for the time has gone\\nby for taking poor stock and trying to\\nupbulid a better strain by long and tedious\\nexperiments. There is too much good\\nstock in the country now, and the man\\nwho attempts to establish a rabbitry\\nby this means will starve to death while\\nhis more enterprising competitors are\\ncovering the field. Therefore make sure\\nthat the stock with which you commence\\nis the very best procurable.\\nThe greatest source of pleasure and\\nprofit, next to possession of fine speci-\\nmens, lies in the success achieved through\\none s efforts to produce specimens su-\\nperior to those already possessed. The\\nfascination of this pursuit is best illus-", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\ntrated by the earnestness and the lavi-h\\noutlay of money and time expended by\\nfanciers on all classes of domestic live\\nstock throughout the world, from the tiny\\ncanary to the ponderous draft horse.\\nThis is the art that is least considered,\\nleast studied and least practiced by the\\nfanciers of the Belgian hare in this coun-\\ntry. Yet it is one in which all take\\nan intense interest when once they have\\ngathered a knowledge of the fundamental\\nprinciples underlying the art of scientific\\nmating to produce specimens approaching\\nthe ideal of perfection.\\nIt is a fact that like begets like,\\nor like some ancestor, and this likeness\\nto some ancestor may be carried back\\nto the third and fourth, and even the\\nfifth and sixth, generation. This is a\\npoint that is little understood and little\\nattention is paid to it, and it is here that\\nwe find the greatest value in the lineage\\nas recorded by the system of pedgreeing\\nand registering animals.\\nThis system of recording should define\\nmjany of the qualities of the foundation\\nstock that one employs upon which to\\nbuild a herd of ideal specimens. The\\nscore card fills this want to a great ex-\\ntent, though, perhaps, a more extended\\nrecord of their qualities than is men-\\ntioned in tbe score card would be of great\\nassistance. This might be defined by\\nmeasurements of the various sections\\nestablishing an ideal that could be ex-\\nplained in a figure chart and could be\\ncommunicated on paper.\\nBefore one can achieve practical re-\\nsults he must have established in his\\nminds eye the ideal that be is aiming\\nto produce, and, with this established,\\nhe can aim with some degree of cer-\\ntainty of hitting the mark. Now, we\\nare prepared to discuss the various\\nqualities of the specimens before us.\\nFirst we will start out with specimens\\nthat are rated today as possessing qual-\\nities equal to 90 or 91 points. Th^se\\nwe will define as our does for the foun-\\ndation stock. Now, if you mate these\\ndoes with a buck who will score no\\nmore, but just about the same, and save\\nthe females from each succeeding gen-\\neration and mate them with a buck\\nthat, though not akin, is of only equal\\nrating and quality, you can proceed in\\nthis course without any reference to se-\\nlecting the best from the produce of these\\nmatings for years and years, and you\\nwill probably fetch up at the end of a\\nquarter century with stock of just about\\nthe same quality, and a good many will\\ngo down the scale. Only a very few\\nwill ascend the ladder, but the majority\\nwill remain in just the same scale of\\nquality, and there will be little or no\\ndifference at least not enough, to make\\nany material difference in the cash value\\nof the stock.\\nBut take these 91 point does and a\\nbuck who is already up in the standard\\n93% or 94% points, and by selecting the\\nbest females from this mating and\\nbreeding them to another buck not akin\\nand of same quality as their sire, you\\nmay produce a vast improvement in\\ntwo generations. Then the best does\\nselected from this last mating and mated\\nwith a buck scoring 95 points would\\nenable us to ascend the ladder. Again,\\nmating the does from the last mating\\nto a buck of equal quality to their sire\\nwould establish in their progeny the\\nqualities of their sire and grandsire to a\\ngreat certainty, at least the majority\\nwould be of the high-type specimens.\\nNow, by selecting tbe best of these does\\nand mating with a buck superior, we\\nagain ascend the ladder towards per-\\nfection.\\nNow, to keep up this point, it is only\\nby selection, or the art of choosing both\\nmales and females that possess the\\ngreatest number of all-round good points\\nthat we can maintain our ground. Un-\\nless we do this retrogression is likely\\nto follow. The progeny of a doe will\\nnever be superior to the dam unless they\\nare sired by a buck that is superior to\\nthe dam. He is worth as much as all\\nthe does that he can mate with, say\\ntwenty to twenty-five.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "BLOOMING HEATHER.\\nImported by Bonanza Rabbitry, December 3rd, 1899; age 1 vear, weig-ht 8 lbs. Half-brother to our\\ng-reat Champion Fashoda, sire Champion Edinboro, dam by Champion Malton Mystery.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n71\\nThe best buck in the world is worth\\nthis much if he cannot be bad for less.\\nThe only point is to be sure that he is\\nthe best and then get him at any price.\\nThis is the logical course for the true\\nand scientific fancier to pursue. Now,\\nfor individual specimens, take a doe that\\nscores 94 points and say that she is cut\\n1^4 points on ear-lacing. Had she es-\\ncaped this cut she would have made\\na score of 95%, which is an exception-\\nally high mark. Suppose that she is\\ncut one-half on shape of front leg,\\nwhich might have been saved, than she\\nwould have reached the score of 95%.\\nSupposing, again, that she were cut one-\\nhalf for lack of color on sides and\\ncould have saved this, and this would\\nhave made 96^/4. Now with a cut of\\none-half for hindquarters, if saved, it\\nwould have made 96% points. Now,\\nthese are points that can be overcome\\nto a great extent by selection of the\\nbuck to mate with these does. In the\\nfirst place find a buck with fine length\\nof body and limb and whose markings\\nare as good as those of tb3 doe, or\\nnearly so, and who scores as much as\\nshe, but, in addition has perfect ear\\nlacing, if it is possible to find him,\\nor one that will come as near as pos-\\nsible to perfection in this respect say\\nwith a cut of not more than one-fourth.\\nFrom this mating we are likely to get a\\nfew of the youngsters who will be as\\ngood as their sire and perhaps one or two\\nwhose ears will be absolutely perfect.\\nNow mate the females from this mating\\nwith another buck, who will establish\\nthe perfection of lacing in the next gen-\\neration, being guarded to improve upon\\nother qualities, such as shape of front\\nfoot, color of sides, etc., if possible. That\\nis, gain on as many points as possible\\nin each mating, for a certainty on one\\nand that the one which is the weakest.\\nIn this way we ascend the ladder through\\neach succeeding generation as high as it\\nis possible to go, bearing in mind the\\nimportance of overcoming the greatest\\nweakness possessed by the does with\\neach mating. This theory applies to all\\nothsr sections, as well a those enumer-\\nated.\\nTo enable one to arrive at a correct\\nunderstanding of the style and quality\\nof the ideal specimen of the Belgian\\nhare it is necessary that he first learn\\nthe requirements as dsfned by tte\\nAmerican Standard of Ex:elhn:e :for\\nBelgian hares and thoroughly familiarize\\nhimself with this, which may be ac-\\ncomplished by a general acquaintance\\nwith the score card system of defining\\nthe Standard of Excellence.\\nIt is not to be presumed that one can,\\nfrom the study of this Standard of\\nExcellence and score card, acquire a\\ntechnical knowledge or delineation of the\\ntwenty-nine sections of the hare as ex-\\nplained by this.\\nThere is a necessity for a course of\\ninstruction furnished by a competent\\ninstructor in person. The various\\nshades of color and shape of the twenty-\\nnine sections of the hare necessitates\\nan ocular and personal description to\\nbe able to impart skill in judging the\\nhare. However, sufficient information\\ncan be gained from the Standard of Ex-\\ncellence and score card to enable one to\\naccomplish a great deal in the way\\nof selection for mating to breed up to-\\nward the ideal type.\\nOn analysis of the Standard of Ex-\\ncellence which may be found in the\\nscore card, we find four important fea-\\ntures, namely: size, shape, color, and\\nquality. The Standard defines eight\\npounds as a reasonable weight and one\\nwhich it is easy to obtain. This should\\nbe our starting point.\\nFor a lack of weight a punishment\\nis given the specimen. For an ex-\\ncessive weight there is no punishment\\nso far as weight goes. The point to\\nbe borne in mind in connection with\\nlarge specimens is quality.\\nCould we have a specimen that would\\nweigh ten pounds with quality equal\\nto an eight-pound specimen certainly\\nthe ten-pound animal would |be the", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nbetter. The old axoim, size, quality\\nbeing equal, is the measure of power\\nholds good with the hare, not in a\\nphysical sense but in a monetary one.\\nWithout a doubt the day is not far\\ndistant when the fancier will value a\\nten-pound specimen scoring 96 points\\nat least double that of an eight-pound\\nspecimen making the same score. The\\nnice, tiny thing is a pleasure but the\\nmagnificent large specimen of animated\\nlife affords greater pleasure and great-\\nest profit to its owner. Therefore, never\\nsacrifice size, at least to lower the stand-\\nard weight, in your selection for either\\nyoung stock or to produce finer types.\\nTrue it is that the fine large speci-\\nmen is a rarity but from the few in\\nexistence it is possible to secure a\\nstarter from which to produce.\\nNext we will refer to shape. An\\neight-pound hare moulded after the\\nshape of a lump of putty would have\\nno attraction whatever though he might\\nbe just as good eating and his pelt\\nmight make just as good a cap, cape,\\nor muff. Nevertheless a harmony of one\\nsection to another, which we term sym-\\nmetry and which is found in the ideal,\\nthe English wild hare, invites the ad-\\nmiration of all lovers of grace of move-\\nment in animals.\\nBy studying the Standard of Ex-\\ncellence the ideal as to shape may be\\nfixed in the mind s eye and the values\\nof the various portions as defined by the\\nscore card give to one the key to this\\nsituation. In selection for mating, com-\\npare the doe with the idea which you\\nmay, by persistent study, decide in your\\nmind to be the ideal. If your doe be\\nshort of coupling, short of limb, and\\nround and chubby in body, instead of\\nlong and thin, if she has heavy and\\ndeep jaws instead of being narrow in\\nthe head, never mate her to a buck pos-\\nsessing these same undesirable qualities\\nto the same degree that the doe pos-\\nsesses them. In these points the buck\\nshould be as much superior to the doe\\nas is possible to get, so that you may\\nimprove upon her in her progeny. Then,\\nby the selection of the best does from\\nthis mating and breeding them to a\\nbuck still superior to them in these\\nparticular sections, each succeeding gen-\\neration will be an improvement upon\\nthe foundation stock and be a nearer\\nappoach to the ideal.\\nThis applies to the other sections as\\nthe course that should be pursued to\\nenable one to breed up toward the\\nideal.\\nAgain, taking up color. The Stand-\\nard of Excellence calls for the rich,\\nrufus-red. If the doe possesses little\\nof the rufus-red, which will be shown\\nmost distinctly on the back of the neck,\\nthen this lack of richness will be more\\nor less manifested in other sections of\\nthe body, and in lieu of the red there\\nwill be a tendency to smoky under-\\ncolor when the hair is blown open along\\nthe back and upper sides. The nearest\\npossible to a light, or delicate blue,\\ntint of color on the hair next to the\\nskin is usually found with the richest\\nof specimens. In an instance where the\\nrich rufus-red is lacking, instead of this\\ndelicate tinted blue is found a dark,\\nsmoky color especially on the hind-\\nquarters and often on the sides nearest\\nto the white line defining sides and\\nbelly.\\nTo improve upon the weakness in this\\nparticular, use for a buck to mate with\\nthe doe one possessing the lightest of\\ntints next to the skin on the hind-\\nquarters and sides and also the nearest\\nto the rich, rufus-red on the back of\\nthe neck and throughout the body that\\nis possible to get. Often this darkest\\nunder-color on the top of the body is\\nassociated w;ith a superabundance of\\nticking, and vice versa, the reddest of\\nanimals rarely possess sufficient ticking.\\nHere is a field for the student and an\\nopportunity for one to use his skill in\\nproducing ideal types, as defined by the\\nStandard of Excellence. From this mat-", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n73\\ning there will be an improvement over\\nthe doe and sometimes a beautiful\\nspecimen will crop out in the first mat-\\ning where the buck is of the high-type\\nclass though the doe may be only pass-\\nably good, but succeeding matings will\\nbe required to establish the prepotency\\nof a specimen. This same rule applies\\nto color in other sections, the golden-\\ntan of the ear, the beautiful band of\\nblack ear lacing, on the edge of the\\near, and the strictly rich, rufus-red front\\nand hind feet, front feet and legs free\\nfrom ticking, hind feet free from smudge\\non the outer lower side and from white\\non the upper inner side. The hind foot\\nis that portion which rests upon the\\nground and is about five or six inches\\nlong.\\nNow the last section is quality. Short,\\nsitubby front legs are usually found\\nwith very coarse bones, short, blocky\\nor choppy bodied specimens, broad heads,\\nheavy, deep jaw-bones, thick ears, thick,\\nloose skin, flabby or soft flesh go in\\nunder the head of coarseness. A doe\\nhaving these defects may be mated to\\nthe longest bodied, best rounded arch\\nand smoothest hindquarters and small\\nboned front leg, satin-like coat of hair,\\nthin and firmly set ears, firm-fleshed\\nbuck possible to obtain and a vast im-\\nprovement will be made in the progeny\\nof the first mating. Again, saving the\\nbest of the females from this mating\\nand breeding these up to another buck\\nof the high-type class there will be a\\nvery great advancement.\\nIn these selections for mating, combine\\nall these qualities in the buck, size,\\nshape, color and quality and when these\\nare also combined in the doe then you\\nmay look for a uniform product, that\\nis, each and every one of the litter will\\nbe as good as or better than, their\\nsire and dam.\\nThis is the short cut way to pro-\\nducing the ideal or the exhibition type\\nof hare when supply is procurable. One\\nunacquainted with the technical know-\\nledge of the Standard of Excellence\\nand score card can best serve his pur-\\npose in this direction by either em-\\nploying an expert breeder and judge to\\nchoose for him his foundation stock,\\nbuck or does best suited to mate with\\nthe possible stock, one or the other of\\nwhich he may have, or order his does\\nbred with such a purpose in view, or\\norder his specimens so that they shall\\nbe adapted to this purpose.\\nREGISTRATION.\\nA system of registration for Belgian\\nbares is as imperative as is method in\\nany business. The merchant without his\\nsystem of books would be unable to de-\\ntermine at any time whether or not he\\nwas progressing or losing money in his\\nbusiness. A part of the system of books\\nIS an inventory or invoice department.\\nrJy the various departments of his sys-\\ntem he may, at any time, locate his\\nproperty in his store, and this while\\nlight at his desk without a promiscuous,\\nwild-goose chase over his store or shop\\nlor this or that and the other class of\\ngoods.\\nShipping merchants the world over are\\nobligea to register their craft, and, with-\\nout this system of registration, con-\\ntusion in commerce on the seas would\\nreign and the tangle could never be un-\\nravelled.\\nAnd again, the railroad interests and\\nthe street-car companies are unable to\\ntransact business without a system of\\nregistration of some kind. With them\\nnames or numbers are employed to des-\\nignate their locomotives or cars. With-\\nout a system of registrations and certif-\\nicates of title our landholdings would\\nbe not only vaJuless but a source of\\neternal contention.\\nThe same reasoning applies to the hu-\\nman family. I Without a system of reg-\\nistration of births and deaths and with-\\nout names and without the Great Reg-\\nister for regulation in voting where\\nwould the world be? To transact bus-", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "74\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\niness would be simply impossible and we\\nwould be on a level with the wild beasts,\\ncattle and horses of the mountains and\\nplains.\\nThe registration of live stock implies\\npainstaking methods in the selection of\\nthe breeding animals, and without a sys-\\ntem on registration the up-building of\\na breed of live stock will never result.\\nInstances furnishing evidence to substan-\\ntiate this view occasionally occur in every\\ncommunity. Occasionally a herd of Short-\\nhorns, Jerseys, Holsteins, or blooded horses\\nare for sale, but, for some unaccountable\\nreason, the registration papers are lack-\\ning. The result is invariably that this\\nstock brings, at either a private sale or\\npublic auction, only 1-4 and sometimes\\n1-8 as much as it would have brought\\nhad the registration been kept complete\\nand progressive breeders almost invari-\\nably regret this.\\nThough an animal be ever so high in\\nindividual excellence, yet if he cannot\\nbe indentified with a strain of blood\\nwhich has gained notoriety on the field\\nof contest for speed or in the exhibition\\narena of the fat-stock show or the\\nDairymen s Association, it possesses but\\nlittle more value than its wild companion\\nroaming the ranges. A Jersey cow would\\nnever bring $500, though she gave forty-\\neight pounds of milk a day and made\\nfour pounds of butter a day, unless it\\ncould be established by her pedigree and\\nthis substantiated by the register that\\nshe was a thoroughbred and had descend-\\ned from a family noted for great per-\\nformances in the dairy.\\nHistory, with domestic live stock is\\na parallel illustration with the record\\nof the genealogy of the human family,\\nand with domestic live stock this his-\\ntory is the herd register.\\nRegistration is the custom and has\\nfrom the beginning of civilization, been\\nthe custom. It simply remains for those\\ninterested in any branch of business to\\nadopt a system or recording the iden-\\ntity of their property or to proceed along\\na hit-or-miss, go-as-you-please style.\\nWith the Belgian-hare fancier, only a\\nmoment s thought is necessary to con-\\nvince him of the importance of a system\\nof registration for hares. A retrospec-\\ntive view of the industry in any neigh-\\nborhood dating back over a period of\\nonly six months or a year reveals con-\\nfusion nigh unto that of the Tower of\\nBabel. And here is an illustration of\\nthis.\\nSmith buys a buck from Denver par-\\nties, this buck being sired by Champion\\nYukon. This sire having become famous,\\nJones who lives a short distance from\\nDenver, realizes that popularity helps a\\nman sell stock, so he christens an old-\\ntime, American-bred doe, possessing lit-\\ntle or no merit, as Madam Yukon.\\nNeighbor Smith inquires of Jones,\\nthe owner of Madam Yukon, for\\nprices. The prices quoted by Jones are\\nabout three-fourths as high as those\\nquoted by the owner of the original and\\nand genuine Yukon. Smith believes that\\nhe is getting Yukon blood and at three-\\nfourths the price quoted by the genuine\\nYukon owner so he makes a purchase of\\nJones and both Smith and Jones ad-\\nvertise their bucks as of the Yukon\\nstrain.\\nSmith No. 2., in another part of the\\ntown, finds that Smith No. i has a fine\\nbuck named Smith s Yukon. He can-\\nnot see any difference between one Smith\\nand another Smith, so he, too, christens\\na buck Smith s Yukon. Then we will\\nfind this chain of circumstances and con-\\nditions repeated all along the line. One\\nparty chooses a name and advertises a\\nbuck out of Mayflower, and right away,\\nwithin a few days, another party will\\nspring an advertisement and claim to\\nhave a litter for sale from Mayflower,\\nand the using of these names has been\\nrepeated as many as six or eight times\\nwithin a radius of two or three hundred\\nmiles from a given center.\\nAnother instance: A has a doe that\\nhas proven to be a remarkably good\\nbreeder. He names her and she gains a\\nreputation for producing fine specimens.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n75\\nespecially bucks. As soon as this becomes\\nknown B will christen a doe by the\\nsame name that A s doe bears,\\nand, in consequence, the ama-\\nteurs are misled and one twenty\\nmiles in one direction, buys a\\nbuck from one of these does and believes\\nthat he is getting something grand, hav-\\ning learned a little something about the\\nfamous breeding doe owned by A. Later\\non he learns that he has been misled\\nand that he is injured, B who succeeds\\nin establishing quite a demand for his\\nyoungsters, all upon the strength of the\\nreputation gained by A for his crack\\ndoe, finds the demand in excess of the\\nsupply, and his seven bucks in the lit-\\nter is extended up to twelve and thirteen\\nand he has at the same time something\\nlike eight or ten does left in the same\\nlitter.\\nRegistration and affidavits of pedigree\\nwould obviate this at least to a great ex-\\ntent. True it is that occasionally a man\\nwill be found who will take his oath be-\\nfore God and man, and perjure himself\\nby so doing, but such men are few and\\nfar between. Properly managed regis-\\ntration would require sworn affidavits\\nand the application sets forth exact dates\\nof birth, and by whom specimen was\\nbred, and by whom the sire and dam for\\ngenerations back were bred, and the date\\nof birth for these same ancestors. It\\nwould also require the report of sales\\nand time and to whom sold, and in this\\nway, and this way alone, can anything\\nlike an honoralbe system of dealing and\\nthe avoidance of confusion be forced upon\\nthe majority of hare breeders.\\nA complete system with rigid reqiure-\\nments from breeders is the only safe-\\nguard against imposition, downright\\nfraud, and deterioration of the stock.\\nRegistration, artfully designed, accu-\\nrately compiled, and religiously enforced,\\naffords an unerring guide to the progres-\\nsive breeder.\\nWithout such registration it is next\\nto impossible to breed for any great\\nlength of time without inbreeding, for\\nthe very reason that, though representa-\\ntions are made that the specimen is just\\nwhat is inquired for, and is not\\nakin to the strains of blood\\nalready possessed by the would-be pur-\\nchaser, yet, if there is no recorded evi-\\ndence of the pedigree of the specimen in\\nquestion, the seller may, if he chooses,\\n-and this is too often done, furnish the in-\\nquirer with a specimen close akin to\\nthose he has and thereby work great\\ninjury. But when a breeder is possessed\\nof a copy of the register, which should\\nbe issued as often as every six months,\\none may sit in his rabbitry and make\\nselections of the blood line he desires and\\ntherein find the name and address of the\\nbreeder of the particular strain of blood\\nor the animal that he is looking for and\\nthen, in addition to registration, a record\\nwould be given of the prize winnings of\\nprogenitors of the animal in question, to-\\ngether with the score of the same, so\\nthat one might feel nearly as certain of\\nwhat he is getting as it is possible to\\nbe without seeing it, equally as certain\\nas one who deals with a reputable dry\\ngoods house that sells goods by cata-\\nlogue and maintains a continued patron-\\nage by fair dealing.\\nWithout a system of registration the\\nmail order method of buying and sell-\\ning would soon cease. In fact it has al-\\nready nearly ceased in other districts\\nwhere the industry has existed for about\\na year and the only explanation for its\\nhaving lasted so long was the fact that\\nbreeding stock was so scarce and the in-\\ntense interest awakened prompted\\npeople to take chances. But so\\nsoon as they learn what a really good\\nspecimen of Belgian hare is they at once\\nbecome dissatisfied with the majority\\nof stock in their possession which was\\nrepresented to be all that could be de-\\nsired and the best obtainable, etc.,\\netc.\\nBut the fact that the progeny develop\\ndisqualifying marks and other features", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\nOrriCIAL SCORE CARD OF THE\\nAmerican Breeders of Belgian Hares\\n(incorporated)\\nAdapted to the American Standard of Excellence for Heavyweight Belgian Hares.\\nOWNER S NAME\\nADDRESS.\\nSpecimen s\\nDate of birth No....\\nName Weigrht\\nLos Angeles\\nCal\\n190...\\nCLASS\\nSIZE\\nSHAPE\\nCOLOR\\nQUALITY\\nTicking-\\nBack\\nSides\\nCOLOR\\nLacing\\n42\\nEars\\nEyes\\nShoulders\\nf\\nBelly\\nFront Leg s and Feet\\nLength of Vertebrae\\n1\\nSIZE\\nLength of Front Legs\\nLength of Hind Legs\\n20\\nLength of Ears\\nSize of Eyes\\nHead\\n1\\nBreast\\nSHAPE\\nFront Legs and Feet\\n1\\nEars\\n1\\n24\\nEyes\\n1\\nBody\\nRump\\nCondition\\nFlesh\\nFur\\n1\\n8\\n1\\nQuality\\nFur\\n6\\nSkin\\nSum of Columns\\nPossible Score, 100.\\nTotal Outs.\\nScore Points.\\nJudge\\nPresident. P. O.\\n.Secretary. Strte.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n77\\nthat show they descended from grade\\ninstead of the genuine thoroughbred\\nstock, at once dampens the ardor of the\\nrecruit to the industry and prompts him\\nto ask How can this fraud be avoided?\\nBut in the Belgian hare industry as in\\neverything else the survival of the fit-\\ntest will eventually obtain. Necessity\\nis the mother of invention and the ne-\\ncessity for registration is at hand. And\\nthe life, pleasure and profit of the in-\\ndustry, depends wholly upon registration\\nand legitimate scoring and judging\\nthe other. These two features, skillfully\\nemployed, are really the crowning\\nwreathes to all the efforts heretofore\\nput forth to develop and establish this\\nnoble little animal in the heart of the\\nAmerican fancier.\\nThe haphazard, slip-shod, unsystem-\\natic and non-reliable ways practiced\\nthroughout the American continent can-\\nnot exist longer in this industry. The\\nNational Association of Belgian Hare\\nJudges has taken up this matter of reg-\\nistration together with honorable judg-\\ning and they will spare neither pains,\\nenergy, nor money to establish these two\\nthe most important phases connected\\nwith the fancy, ^n the highest degree\\npossible to attain.\\nThe registration books will be in the\\nform of a series. The first book will be\\nfor the registration of record-makers,\\nthose who have won laurels in the ex-\\nhibition rooms in any part of the world.\\nThe second book will be for general reg-\\nistration, or for what may be termed\\nbreeding stock, the same being eligible\\nto registration in book No. i whenever\\nthey have won on the exhibition table.\\nBook No. 3 may be termed the junior\\nseries. This will admit of registration\\nof young hares that are the get of record\\nmakers at an age too young\\nto score and to meet the re-\\nquirements for Book No. 2, which is for\\ngeneral registration. Fifty per cent of\\nthe fee required for Books No. i and 2\\nwill be charged for registration in Book\\nNo. 3. Book No. 4 is the advance regii-\\ntration intended for the recording of\\nnames, and the charge for this will be\\n50 cents, and the record of the name\\nholds good for one year. At any time the\\nanimal is eligible to registration in,\\nBooks No. I, 2 and 3, and may be re-\\ncorded under this name, and one name\\nshall be used only by one party. Ap-\\nplication blanks will be furnished gratis.\\nSame must be filled out in full and\\naffidavit made before a notary public,\\nthis to be accompanied by a pedigree of\\nthe specimen, when a certificate of reg-\\nistration, numbered, will be furnished the\\napplicant, providing the application is\\naccepted by the Board of Registration.\\nAs often as once a month the full\\nlist of specimens recorded will be pub-\\nlished in a leading journal devoted to\\nthe fancy. The full address of the owner\\nwill appear, together with the name and\\nnumber of the sire and dam of the\\nspecimen. A complete record of all ani-\\nmals registered will be published in one\\nvolume every six months and same will\\nbe on sale. The headquarters for tbe\\nassociation will be 930 Grand View av.,\\nLos Angeles, where all information upon\\nthis work may be had for 10 cents in\\nstamps.\\nSCIENTIFIC PREPARATION OF\\nHARES FOR EXHIBITION.\\nDressing the hare for exhibition may\\nbe likened to dressing a child for hav-\\ning its picture taken. In either case\\nthe subject in the hands of an artist\\ncan be made a veritable fairy. Follow-\\ning scientific mating comes the task\\nequally as necessary in order to achieve\\nthe highest results in the exhibition\\nrooms.\\nCommencing at the same point, that\\nupon which rests the foundation for\\nsuccess in breeding exhibition specimens,\\nwhich is, the ideal specimen always in\\nhis mind s eyfc, the fancier may here\\nindulge his imagination, in fact, he\\nmust excercise his imagination, and upon\\nthe extent of his capacity in this direc-\\ntion will depend his success in producing", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\ntypes approaching the nearest to per-\\nfection.\\nHaving weaned the youngsters great\\ncare must be taken not to distend their\\nstomachs by over-feeding and especially\\nover-feeding with bulky foods. Of all\\nthe forage plants most likely to produce\\ndistended stomach, or paunch, is alfalfa\\nand clover hay in any form, from the\\ngreen grass to the cured hay. A large pro-\\nportion of the food regularly furnished\\nshould consist of the grains and these\\nin the concentrated forms are best. Any\\nkind of hay food in unlimited quantities\\ntends to distend the stomach and there-\\nby destroy the shape, or prevent the\\ndevelopment of that nice, round body\\nwith well sprung ribs and a circum-\\nference at the flank and over the loins\\nof equal size to the circumference of\\nthe body back of the forelegs and over\\nheart and lungs.\\nThe properly fed specimen from six\\nto eight weeks of age until he reaches\\nsay seven to eight months of age will\\nhave a body of equal size at these two\\npoints and much like that of a weasel\\nor ferret. This is the ideal style of\\nbody in the high-type jBelgian hare\\nand it is easily obtained by pursuing\\nthe following course: The proper course\\nis first, to select those foods best suited\\nto the nature of the hare. First, then,\\nthe hare enjoys fibre. The coarser and\\ndrier of the succulent growths of the\\nvegetable kingdom the old bark of ma-\\nture and thrifty trees especially, birch,\\napple, pear peach, plum, and the grape\\nvine are the best. These are his relish\\nand are to him what pie is to the boy\\nand if he has this in abundance he will\\nnearly, or quite, subsist, upon them.\\nBut the next best substitute is the\\nwell-cured wheat, oat and barley straw.\\nThese carry only a trifle of moisture\\nand consequently a greater per cent, of\\nthe rich food elements requisite to the\\ngrowth of the entire organism of the\\nhare.\\nHares in confinement enjoy these\\nfibrous foods equally as much as they do\\nthe soft and green foods. In fact,\\nthe coarse, dry, fibrous food is indis-\\npensable to their health as well as to\\ntheir satisfaction and comfort. The\\nhare is a ruminating animal. The\\nsoft, green grasses are a washy food\\nand furnish but little or no fiber, and\\nthe bare is scarcely able to make his\\ncud from this class of food, and when\\nconfined to this alone, he will eat the\\nwood of his cages and does this out of\\nclear necessity to procure the proper\\nbalance of ration natural to him.\\nConsequently three-fourths of the\\nforage given to a hare should consist\\nof fibrous food and in the form of straw\\nor barks, twigs from the fruit trees or\\ncoarse shrubbery. Of this the hare will\\nrarely ever eat in sufficient quantities\\nto distort the beautiful, symmetrical\\nstyle of body natural to bim. However,\\nit is well to feed only what the hare\\nwill eat up clean within a few minutes\\nafter being fed. The young hares should\\nreceive several feeds each day as many\\nas six or eight, lessening the number\\nas the hare advances in age to about\\nfour months an earlier morning feed,\\nthen late in the forenoon, again late in\\nthe afternoon, and then a late evening\\nbite. The hare is a night-prowling ani-\\nmal and a great portion of the time\\ndevoted to activity is during the night.\\nThis is the time he really requires his\\ngreatest supply of food.\\nOf the grains oats is superior to all\\nothers. They contain the nervine and\\nnitrogenous elements which furnish\\nspirit, strength and endurance in greater\\nproportion than that furnished by any\\nother grain. It is questionable whether\\nthe rolled or hulled oats are preferable\\nto tbe oat in its natural state as it\\ncomes from the thresher. One thing is\\ncertain, the hare enjoys the rolled oats\\nbest. He eats greater quantities and\\nseems to delight in having little or\\nnothing to do in preparing them, or else\\nthey are sweeter to the taste, though\\nothers will eat the whole, oats and still\\nothers will shell the oat, leaving the", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n79\\nshucks and eating only the berry. Un-\\nquestionably the rolled or hulled oats\\nfurnish the food elements in the most\\nconcentrated form and therefore must be\\nconsidered, at least for feeding exhi-\\nbition specimens, preferable to the entire\\nkernel, unhulled. By furnishing the\\nnecessary amount of nutriment to sustain\\nlife and promote growth in a highly\\nconcentrated form, we are certainly less\\nlikely to develop the large state of in-\\ntestines and stomach, thereby keeping\\nthe uniformly round shape with well\\ntucked up flank.\\nOf all the liquids, undoubtedly milk\\nis preferable. Porridges made from tbs\\ngrains stand second. These are best be-\\ncause they possess food elements in con-\\nnection with the liquid necessary; con-\\nsequently only a small quantity should\\nbe allowed at one time.\\nThe hare enjoys as relishes com husks,\\ngreen sweet corn, string beans, land\\ngreen pease, and tid-bits of these should\\nbe given him frequently at least three\\nor four times a week.\\nNow, having selected and adopted a\\nproper course of feeding our hare, the\\nnext is to give him exercise, or, in other\\nwords, to train him. Give him facilities\\nfor developng a lithe and symmetrical\\nconformation. By this I mean length\\nof limb, length of body and strength\\nof limb, especially front feet and legs,\\nthat he may stand erect and on tiptoe,\\novercoming the tendency to a bear-\\nshaped front foot. The circular pen de-\\nscribed on page 45 affords the oppor-\\ntunity for training, placing hurdles, or\\nflights of stairs, at intervals in the circle,\\nand the hare will bound over, raising\\nthem as he learns to scale them easily,\\nuntil he is able to leap four or even five\\nfeet readily. This exercise, or training,\\nproduces an appetite, an ambition and\\na spirit which with the advancement of\\ntime develops into a fad with the hare.\\nHe actually looks forward to his hour\\nof training as does the boy to his game\\nof football or a spin on his wheel.\\nAnother important feature in the prep-\\naration of exhibition specimens is the\\nfrequent handling of them to accustom\\nthem to being taken up, posed, or posi-\\ntioned, and to take these positions and*\\npose, to show them off to the best ad-\\nvantage. The hare may be trained in\\nseveral different and very taking atti-\\ntudes.\\nThe stretched pose which is rep-\\nresented by Champion Fashoda in\\nthis volume may be termed the\\nEnglish pose. Doubtless this is\\nthe Englishman s favorite pose for\\nthe hare. All popular exhibition\\nspecimens coming from England assume\\nthis pose when placed upon the table,\\nand the inference is that they are trained\\nto it. The upright pose of Fashoda rep-\\nresented^in this volume was taught him\\nwithin a period of about ten days, with\\ntwo or three lessons each day. The\\npose of Ruby Prince, represented in this\\nvolume, is another that illustrates the\\nsusceptibility of the hare to training.\\nThe pose of Young Fashoda, represented\\nin this volume, is still another style of\\npose. There are, in addition to these\\nposes mentioned, the ones of Blooming\\nHeather and Beauty s Noble, representing\\nthe hare to be posed resting upon his\\nforelegs and arms and holding the body\\noff the table one and one-half to two\\ninches, and are very pretty and taking\\nattitudes. These are poses that are the\\nresults of ideas originated at the Bo-\\nnanza Rabbitry. Hares that are allowed\\nto run with little or no handling until\\njust before time to take them to the\\nfair rarely ever show off to a good ad-\\nvantage. Under the excitement and ap-\\npearance of the crowds of people and\\nthe commotion present at such places\\nthe hares will appear contracted and even\\nto suppress respiration to such an ex-\\ntent that they take positions almost dis-\\ntorted in shape of head, neck, back and\\nlimbs, and when touched by the judge\\nthey draw right up into a lump shape\\nand will either lay their ears on their", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "80\\nTHE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\nbacks or drop one ear, swell out their\\neyes and rest their heads on the table,\\nor on their forefeet, making a squatty\\nshape. But, if well trained, the hare\\nwill assume attitudes of grace and show\\noff in a spirited and intelligent manner\\nwhich adds immeasureably to his chances\\nfor success in the battle of competi-\\ntion.\\nTo bring about all these conditions\\nis very easy. The stroking and groom-\\ning of the bare during his fitting process\\nof course does a great deal towards ac-\\ncustoming him to being handled, but in\\naddition to this, he should be trained to\\npose in the attitudes chosen or considered\\nbest suited to his make-up. In this\\ntraining process never get out of pa-\\ntience. No matter how obstinate the\\nspecimen may be, keep up your efforts\\nto place him in the position chosen until\\nhe ceases to move from it, for as long\\nas one or two seconds. As soon as he\\nis obedient to this extent, step back,\\nhands off, and give him a rest, which\\nis compensation for having done some-\\nthing. He will soon learn that this is\\nwhat you want of bim. Continue this\\nprocess until the hare will assume the\\ndesired position and retain it for at least\\nfive seconds. It is possible to train him\\nto hold this position for one, two, and\\neven three minutes.\\nThe hare trained to pose beautifully\\nand do it readily is a very fascinating\\ncreature and invariably elicits commen-\\ndation from all lookers-on, and is one\\nof the features of the fancy which is\\nof inestimable va_lue in aiding to popu-\\nlarize this noble little animal.\\nThe hare is a highly sensitive ani-\\nmal, extremely active and easily ex-\\ncited; therefore, it is necessary to em-\\nploy moderation in all movements about\\nhim while he is undergoing the training\\nprocess. After be is well advanced in\\nhis training lessons care in this respect\\nwill not be as necessary. Never grab\\nthe hare up roughly and swing him\\naround in the air with a one-hand hold.\\nAlways, if possible, take him up with\\nboth hands, head toward you, pressing\\nthe arms against the body with hands\\nclasping the hips, and be moderate. Do\\nnot grab him until he is settled down,\\nif it be necessary to corner him, and\\nstroke him even before lifting him. If\\nhandled from a young age the hare will,\\nwithin a few weeks, learn to come to\\nthe door of his pen whenever it is\\nopened.\\nLittle tid-bits offered him does much\\nto win his attention and affection. It\\nis always best when training to move\\nthe hare about to different places, from\\nthe pen to the barn and from the barn\\nto the house, and accustom him to\\nchanges, even putting him in a box and\\nallowing him to remain for one or two\\nhours at a time. Move the box from\\nplace to place and sometimes change\\nboxes and let him smell and investigate\\ndifferent quarters in the rabbitry.\\nReally, if you are fitting a specimen\\nthat you intend to hippodrome from\\npoint to point for exhibition purposes,\\nit is an excellent plan to place the\\nhare in a box and take him out driving,\\nstopping at a friend s house long enough\\nto take the hare out and place him on\\nthe table for a while. Accustom him\\nto being moved about and appearing\\nin strange places.\\nThe bare, by nature, is a night-prowl-\\ning animal and feels best at sunrise\\nand sunset. Never give him his training\\nlessons at midday. Early morning and\\nevening is the best time. Really, a\\nhare should be protected from the light\\nfor a good portion of the day, giving\\nhim well-ventilated but darkened quar-\\nters. This is the time when he rests,\\npossibly sleeps. If possible, always\\navoid handling the hare much in mid-\\nday during hot weather. He is most\\nespecially sensitive to heat, being a fur-\\nbearing animal. The cooler hours of the\\nday, the cooler months of the year, and\\nthe cooler portions of the country are", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n81\\nbest suited to his nature. The most\\npointed and concise instruction possible\\nto give in handling the hare is persist\\nin studying his nature, and in all your\\nmovements about him and your ideas of\\nhim be governed by the understanding\\nobtained from this study of bis nature.\\nHares well trained and nicely handled\\nnever jump and bound and scratch with\\nfrenzy or make any efforts to get away,\\neven to jump from the table. They\\nmay be trained to lounge on the table\\nfor hours at a time without making any\\neffort to leave it. But hares unaccus-\\ntomed to being handled, more especially\\nthe old-type of hare, will almost in-\\nvariably when taken up by the should-\\ners, or in any way, make a vigorous\\nstroke with the hind feet, often cutting\\nthe skin through and repeat this about\\nevery time they are taken hold of.\\nFor the judge to handle such speci-\\nmens on the exhibition table neces-\\nsitates the wearing of gloves and wrist-\\ners or being very dexterous in letting\\ngo of the hare just in time to avoid\\nthe stroke of the hind feet and it is\\noften necessary that he make repeated\\nattempts, perhaps a dozen, to raise the\\nhare in a way that will enable him to\\nexamine the different sections before\\npassing an opinion upon them. This\\npractically means that he must educate\\nthe hare, something that should be done\\nbefore he is brought to the exhibition.\\nThe hare delights in his early morning\\nfrolic. This is the time of all the hours\\nof the day when he should have the op-\\nportunity to circle his race-course,\\nclimb his stairs or jump through his\\nhoop. There is a great difference in\\nhares as to their disposition to take\\nexercise, but usually, by placing two\\nside by side with a wire netting par-\\ntition they will travel in a circle and\\nthe most indolent of them will soon\\nlearn to enjoy his race-course exercise.\\nOthers are by nature so spirited and rest-\\nless that they travel incessantly during\\nall the daylight and are by far more\\nvigorous in this direction in the night\\ntime. It is this class of hares that we\\ndevelop to the highest degree of style\\nand shape and teach to perform tricks.\\nThe sluggish hare may be fitted and\\nplaced in very good condition by the\\ngrooming process, placing the hare on\\nthe table with, the head from you, put-\\nting friction on the body with each hand\\nback and forth on each side and ruffling\\nthe coat up and bearing on quite firmly\\nfrom the haunches to the shoulders,\\nchanging about and holding the hare\\nwith one hand and pressing on one side\\none hand while rubbing up and down\\nand back and forth on the other side\\nwith the other hand. Then give him\\nthe smoothing down process, stroking\\nthe coat smoothly into place with steady,\\nfirm strokes. The hare will soon\\nlearn to brace against this rubbing,\\nmaking his limbs, in fact, every cord\\nand muscle in his body, rigid. This\\nvnll in time give his flesh the appear-\\nance of a race horse and, of course, the\\nccat will improve correspondingly. Ten\\nminutes grooming each day will effect\\na wonderful change in the condition of\\nthe hare within twenty or thirty days\\ntime, though a young hare intended\\nfor exhibition purposes should have this\\ntraining moderately from the time he is\\nthree months of age until be is ma-\\ntured and as long as kept for exhibi-\\ntion purposes. The hare will soon learn\\nto enjoy this. The hare that will take\\na great- deal of exercise in his circular\\nrun really requires but little grooming\\nthough some is necessary. Another way\\nthat will suffice to place a doe for ex-\\nhibition in pretty good trim is to allow\\nher a chance to burrow.\\nThis they will begin about four to\\nfive months of age and as fast as they\\nhave made one burrow and seem con-\\ntented with it change them into an-\\nother pen or break their hole and fill\\nit up with dirt. But usually the better\\nplan is to change them into another pen\\nwhen they will repeat the process of\\nburrowing and work like Trojans.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "82\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nBONANZA. BEAUTY.- At 2 Years.\\nSired by imporled Champion Yukon; dam Princess. Tliis doe has produced stock that has\\nsold, or could have been sold, for a valuation of over S+000.00. Property of Bonanza Rabbitry,\\nT,os Ang-eles, Cal.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n83\\nThis gives them a good appetite, hard-\\nens up their muscle and, together with\\nthe table grooming, puts them in thor-\\nough condition.\\nBREEDERS ASSOCIATONS.\\nClubs of persons interested in the\\nbreeding and rearing of Belgian hares\\nare now being formed all over the coun-\\ntry. Some are simple associations;\\nothers are incorporations. The great ad-\\nvantages of these associations will be\\nobvious to every thinking person. They\\npromote public interest in the subject by\\nholding fairs and exhibitions. The ex-\\nposition of February, igoo, at Los An-\\ngeles, was a conspicuous example of\\nwhat may be done in this direction. It\\nwas given under the direction of ^he\\nAmerican Breeders of Belgian Hares,\\nan incorporation composed of lead-\\ning breeders of Southern Califor-\\nnia. About 1,100 hares were on exhibi-\\ntion. The prizes offered and given ag-\\ngregated thousands of dollars. The show\\nwas attended by nearly five thous-\\nand visitors and the interest aroused\\ngave an impetus to the Belgian hare in-\\ndustry in California that will never be\\nlost. An important feature was a class\\nin scoring conducted by P. E. Crabtree,\\nof Denver, the official judge of the ex-\\nposition. The members of this class\\nreceived a thorough course of instruction\\nin the art of scoring and are now fully\\nqualified not only to place a reliable\\nestimate upon the merits of their own\\nstock for all of them are breeders\\nbut also to act as instructors at other\\ninstitutes and to score the hares in other\\nrabbitries than their own. Undoubt-\\nedly, in the course of a few years, ex-\\nhibitions of Belgian hares will be held\\nall over the United States, every year,\\nupon the English plan, but with this\\nimportant difference, that the industry\\nin this country will assume proportions\\nmany times greater than it has ever held\\nin Great Britain.\\nBreeders associations should estab-\\nlish herd books and registers with a most\\nrigid standard of excellence uniformly\\nenforced. This is the only way to im-\\nprove the various strains and to place\\nthe industry, from the fanciers stand-\\npoint, upon a permanent basis. The\\nPacific Coast is especially favored as re-\\ngards its opportunities in this industry.\\nWith the favorable climatic conditions\\nexisting here, and the great variety and\\nabundance of foods sutable to the hare,\\navailable throughout the year, at a very\\nslight expense as compared with the cost\\nin less favored localities, we are develop-\\ning a type of hare that will lead the\\nworld.\\nOther varieties of live stock have been\\nimproved, step by step, through assoc-\\niations of breeders. Thus the American\\nJersey Cattle Club made a foundation\\nfor their pedigrees in stock imported\\ndirect from the island of Jersey, and ad-\\nhered rigidly to a high standard, finally\\nbringing the Jersey to a state of perfec-\\ntion formerly unknown even in its own\\nhome. The Shorthorn, the Hereford, the\\nPolled Angus, and the Galloway, as now\\nbred in America, are far in the lead of\\nof the original herds imported from Eu-\\nrope. The same is true of the milk-pro-\\nducing qualities of the Holstein, which\\nhave been made popular by a most lib-\\neral use of money since their advent\\nupon our shores from Holland. The\\nmilk and butter producing qualities of\\nthe Jersey, as well as her very great im-\\nprovement in size, are still more noted\\nexamples. These advances, of incal-\\nculable value, have been accomplished\\nthrough the enterprise of American\\nbreeders, who have spared no pains, and\\nhave made a most liberal use of money.\\nThe object in improving the Belgian\\nhare is to secure the greatest quantity\\nof toothsome meat at the least possible\\nexpense, and in the shortest possible\\ntime. The conditions are such that, with\\nintelligent, united and well-directed ef-\\nfort this result ought to be attained\\nmore quickly on the Pacific Coast than\\nanywhere else in the world.", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "84\\nTHE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\nADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC EXHIBI-\\nTIONS.\\nThe present high order of civilization\\nowes a great deal to the object lesson\\ngained at fairs. Without a doubt,\\nequally as much benefit to the world at\\nlarge has resulted from the minor fairs,\\nthe county fairs. State fairs and school\\nand church fairs, and also poultry and\\npet stock exhibitions as has resulted\\nfrom the world-famed exhibitions.\\nFairs are an object lesson and serve to\\neducate as no other method of describ-\\ning, points in animals can possibly do.\\nIn reality there is no way to ascertain\\nto what degree of perfection it is pos-\\nsible to attain in the breeding of hares\\nthan for breeders to meet in friendly\\ncompetition. The opportunities granted\\nat fairs to make comparisons, take notes\\non the contrasts of the various points of\\nquality cannot be gained by individual\\neffort at one hundred times the cost\\nattendant on making an exhibit at a\\nwell managed exposition, either of hares\\nor any other branch of live stock or of\\nany article of commerce. The stimulus\\ngained at fairs carries the witnesses on\\nfor a year and, in fact, for years. Fairs\\nawaken a sentiment of rivalry and a\\nspirit of enterprise which are posessed\\nby every person engaged in any of the\\nlines of commerce. These are the key\\nnotes to progress and the disposition to\\nrivalry prompts the outlay of money\\nand vigorous effort from the most in-\\nsignificant feature of a home up to the\\nconducting of gigantic corporations, in-\\ncluding the racing of railroad trains\\nacross the continent and the means of\\nrapid or instantaneous communication\\nsucb as the telephone and telegraph.\\nWell managed and liberally patronized\\nBelgian hare exhibitions are an impera-\\ntive necessity to the development and\\npermanency of the Belgian hare industry.\\nNone interested in the hare can, consist-\\nently with his best interests, withhold\\nliberal donations of money, or at least\\nhis personal appearance and patronage\\nto the Belgian Hare fair. It is an imp-\\nerative duty devolving upon everyone in-\\nterested in this industry to assist in\\npopularizing this little animal.\\nIn fact, the situation is this, that he\\nwho withholds support and patronage\\nis soon lost to sight in the realm of the\\nfancy and, therefore, he is compelled to\\ndo one thing or the other; contribute to\\nthe maintenance and upbuilding of the\\nindustry or lose his identity with the\\nfancy.\\nORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING EX-\\nPOSITIONS.\\nOur observation and experience have\\nconvinced us that a close incorporation\\nor association of a few individuals, per-\\nhaps a dozen or fifteen, is far more likely\\nto make a success of managing exposi-\\ntions of the Belgian hare than a large\\nclub in which there are always divided\\ncounsels, and which is very likely to be\\nunwieldy and unmanageable. But in or-\\nder to arouse interest and promote the\\nindustry of rearing Belgians it is ab-\\nsolutely necessary that the breeders\\nof each locality should act in unison. If\\na few sincere, energstic people will or-\\nganize and will work together upon busi-\\nness principles they are certain to\\narouse the enthusiasm of the public in\\ngeneral.\\nOne good way is to form a regular,\\nlegally-organized incorporation. This in-\\nvites the confidence of the community\\nand gives standing to the enterprise.\\nBut, if this method is thought too ex-\\npensive or too cumbersome, an ordinary\\ncompany may be formed. In either\\ncase, those associating themselves should\\nat once contribute sums of money suf-\\nficient to give a working capital in their\\ntreasury and to provide for the pay-\\nment of all obligations likely to arise.\\nThen, if an exposition, is desired, as\\nwill usually be the case, let all pull to-\\ngether and call upon every resource,\\nacting in all matters upon the same busi-\\nness principles that each would employ\\nin his own affairs.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n85\\nThe show should be planned months\\nbeforehand, for time will be re-\\nquired to advertise and to enlist the co-\\noperation of breeders. Six or seven\\nmonths is not too long a period. The\\nfirst step is to arouse the interest and\\nrivalry of breeders by preparing and of-\\nfering premium lists. The premiums\\nshould be as valuable as can possibly\\nbe afforded, everything considered. The\\nclub itself should offer money or other\\nvaluable prizes and can often secure\\nspecial premiums from merchants, man-\\nufacturers and others in return for ad-\\nvertisements of their business to be\\ngiven during the progress of the exhibi-\\ntion.\\nNext, secure a suitable hall or other\\nlocation for the show, and be sure to\\nprovide for ample room. The income\\nof the fair will be derived from three\\nsources, entrance fees for exhibits,\\nrental of floor space and admission fees\\nfrom visitors. The fees for entering\\nthe different classes of exhibits should\\nbe a percentage of the prizes offered,\\nusually ten per cent. The floor rentals\\nshould be graded so that a large pro-\\nportion of the hall rental will be re-\\nceived back from them. It should be\\nprovided that a certain number of entries\\nmust be made in each class or the prizes\\nfor that class will not be given. An\\nadmission fee should be charged suf-\\nficiently large to cover possible defi-\\nciencies in rentals of space for exhibits,\\nand entrance fees for the different\\nclasses. The exhibits should be arranged\\nalong aisles in the hall ten feet wide,\\nin such a way that each exhibit will\\nfront upon an aisle, thus giving the\\ncompetitor a chance to bring his stock\\nreadily before the attention of the pub-\\nlic. Every reasonable facility, not\\ntrenching upon the rights of others,\\nshould be afforded each exhibitor to ad-\\nvertise and sell his stock.\\nAt a small show the highest prize\\nmay be, say twenty dollars in gold, or\\neven a hundred dollars, for a large ex-\\nhibition, or a watch or diamond, or\\nsomething of that sort of equal value.\\nThis highest prize may be termed a\\ngrand sweepstakes, or an international\\nchampiouFhip, open to the world, or\\nwhatever else seems most appropriate.\\nThe number of classes will necessarily\\nbe proportioned to the amount of stock\\navailable for exhibition purposes in the\\nparticular locality and to the probable\\npatronage of the exhibition in this di-\\nrection.\\nDo not hold an exposition for more\\nthan three or four days at most. Three\\ndays is long enough in a city of one\\nhundred and fifty thousand inhabitants.\\nStop while the interest of the public is\\nstill keen and close the fair in a blaze\\nof glory. Be liberal with the press for\\nfive hundred miles around in the matter\\nof complimentary tickets, but cautious\\nin giving them to others. Although you\\nmay have friends whose attendance you\\nmay desire at the fair, do not bribe them\\nwith complimentary tickets. Because,\\nunless your receipts are large enough to\\npay all bills your fair will be a failure.\\nThis is the reason so many fairs con-\\nducted by large clubs make failures.\\nThe moving spirits do not agree as re-\\ngards matters of expense. Some are\\nlavish in their notions; others are nig-\\ngardly; but the common result is a host\\nof unpaid bills that must be met by the\\npromoters of the affair or else the whole\\nthing ends in disgrace. Every expend-\\niture in the nature of a reasonable in-\\nvestment should be made. Otherwise a\\ntight hold should be kept upon the purse\\nstrings. As a rule the public will be\\nliberal in patronizing these fairs and\\nthere is no need of financial failures in\\nconnection with them.\\nFinally, advertise freely, by means of\\nposters and in the newspapers. If the\\nfair is held in a large city, get reduced\\nrates on the railroads from neighboring\\ntowns. At the Los Angeles exposition,\\nin February, igoo, there was an atten-\\ndance of nearly five thousand. All\\nbills were promptly paid and money\\nwas left in the treasury. Secure a re-", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "86\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nSWEET MARIE. At 9 Months. Property of Bonanza Rafcbitry, Los Angeles, CaU\\nWeight 9^ lbs; score 94^^ sire Lord Ca3-enne; dam Princess Ma.v.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n87\\nliable judge to do the scoring and pro-\\nvide a committee of prominent citizens\\nto devise and take charge of a plan for\\nplacing every competing specimen be-\\nfore the judge in such a way as to insure\\nabsolute ignorance on his part of the\\nownership of the animal and absolute\\nimpartiality in his decisions. Then,\\nthere can be no possible complaint on\\nthe part of disappointed exhibitors.\\nBear in mind that all this means work\\nand that organizing and carrying an\\nexhibition of Belgian hares through to\\na finish is no occupation for a lazy man.\\nTHE SCORE CARD VERSUS COMPAR-\\nISON JUDGING.\\nIt is impossible for a judge to impart\\nto the owner of stock a definite con-\\nception of its value under the conditions\\nsurrounding a contest where a large\\nnumber of animals are on exhibition.\\nSuppose there are from twenty to one\\nhundred hares to be compared and as\\nmany enthusiastic owners surrounding\\nthe table upon which the comparison\\nis to be made, offering suggestions and\\ninterjecting remarks. Their personalities\\nwill inevitably make some impresson\\nupon the judge, no matter how honest\\nhe may be or how sincerely desirous\\nof being impartial. Say what people\\nmay there is no rational, experienced\\nbreeder but will agree with this view\\nthat a judge, or any one in such a posi-\\ntion, feel, at times, an almost irresistible\\ndesire to push a friend to the front.\\nThis is true of all public contests,\\nwhether in art, commerce, politics or for\\nsupremacy in physical attainments.\\nWherever there is rivalry people allow\\ntheir enthusiasm for their friends to run\\naway with their sober, honest judgment.\\nNo one can say in advance how far\\nthe upholders of any candidate for office\\nwill commit themselves to secure his\\nelection. The same fact is true in all\\nlines and, where so keen an interest is\\naroused as is usually shown in exhibi-\\ntions of Belgian hares, this spirit will\\ninevitably be seen.\\nThe score-card system gives the owner\\nof each hare scored, and ever interested\\nspectator, a definite idea of the rating\\nof that hare, and also removes all\\ntemptation and opportunity towards\\ninjustice. At every exposition the judge\\nshould be kept in absolute seclusion\\nuntil his work is done. No friend of an\\nexhibitor should be permitted to inter-\\nview him. Each hare should be placed\\nbefore him in such a way that he will\\nhave no inkling whatever of its owner-\\nship. Then he should decide upon the\\nmerits of each specimen and make a\\nrecord upon a score card to which he\\nattaches his signature. The thing is done\\nthen beyond recall. The record has been\\nmade in writting. The exhibitor has been\\ntreated with absolute impartialty and\\nthe judge has committed his reputation\\nto that rating and must stand or fall\\nthereby. He can offer no excuses such\\nas I forgot, or I didn t understand.\\nUnseemly squabbling, controversy and\\nharsh criticism of the judge are common\\noccurrences at all fairs or exhibitions\\nwhere live stock competes for prizes and\\nhonors. This is true no matter what\\nvariety of stock is on exhibition, whether\\npoultry, beef-cattle, horses, hogs or sheep.\\nIt will be equally true at exhibits of\\nhares unless a system of scoring and\\njudging is adopted whereby the judge\\nmust make his decisions blind, that\\nis under conditions that preclude all\\npossibility of undue bias in favor of any\\nexhibitor or exhibitors. This can only\\nbe done under a score-card system, be-\\ncause, where all the animals on exhibit\\nare brought together for comparison,\\ntheir owners will insist upon being pres-\\nent and something will develop to oc-\\ncasion on their part ill feelings towards\\none another or towards the judge.\\nThe score card in common use is based\\nupon the standard of excellence as agreed\\nupon by leading associations of breeders\\nof Belgian hares the world over. There\\nis accordingly something definite back\\nof the score card. By the method of", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "88\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\ncomparison each judge makes his own\\nstandard and may pass upon specimens\\nwith many mental reservations if he\\nchooses, or may refuse to be governed\\nby what others consider to be merits and\\ndefects in hares. It is astonishing to\\nnote how closely different judges, who\\nhave all been educated in the score-card\\nsystem, will come together in deciding\\nupon the merits of specimens. This\\nmatter has been thoroughly tested. Not\\nonly will the same judge rarely vary\\nat different examinations of the same\\nhare, where every precaution has been\\ntaken to preclude knowledge that the\\nspecimen has been judged before, but\\ndifferent judges, undsr the same system\\napproximate very closely in their de-\\ncisions. These facts eliminate as far as\\npossible the element of caprice from the\\nproblem and give the public a standard\\nby which to judge the judge. If his\\nratings are erratic; if he contradicts\\nhimself; if his decisions are far re-\\nmoved from those of others equally com-\\npetent to express an opinion, he will in-\\nevitably fall in the esteem of the public\\nand will give place to some other more\\nworthy to be a leader. If, on the other\\nhand, he is unprejudiced, fair, candid,\\naccurate and consistent, he will inspire\\nconfidence and increase his clientage.\\nWhen his decisions are in writing and\\non record, the public has some means\\nof estimating his capabilities, but when\\nhis decisions are arbitrary and auto-\\ncratic, as under the system of campari-\\nson, others have no means of calling\\nhim to account or of correctly estimat-\\ning his abilities.\\nWhen we have advanced a little fur-\\nther in the system of registration which\\nis close upon us, other advantages of\\nthe scoTe card will be obvious, because,\\nin certain phases of registration, the\\nscore-card ratines of registered sires and\\ndams of specimens applying for regis-\\ntration will be important.\\nIn every point of view the score card\\nis of inestimable value to the uniniti-\\nated, for it tells them how near each\\nspecimen comes to the ideal. It is a\\ncertificate of qualifications. For a man\\nto presume to say that he can judge a\\nhare without any standard in his mind\\nis simply ridiculous, and the man who\\nstoops to do this is presumptuous and\\nautocratic. But when a judge puts his\\nsignature to a document, his reputation\\nis at stake and he has committed him-\\nself in a way which makes him respons-\\nible. This very fact will tend to impress\\nupon every judge a sense of his respon-\\nsibility. In a word, this feature is just\\nas essential to the Belgian hare indus-\\ntry as abstracts of title to the real es-\\ntate business.\\nSuppose a man in Boston wished to\\npurchase hares in California. The first\\nquery coming to him is what value\\ncan I get for the means at my com-\\nmand? How is he to determine this\\nif he has no method of stating his wishes\\nto the breeder in California? Shall he\\nleave it entirely to the honesty of the\\nlatter? Suppose he wants a buck or\\na doe or foundation stock for his rab-\\nbitry? Is it not the simplest way for\\nhim to write and inquire at what price\\nhe can obtain stock rating, say, 95, ox\\n93, or 92? If he finds that he cannot\\npay for the 95-grade animal, he may be\\nable to reach the 93 or the 92. But he\\nhas at least a definite idea of the hares\\nthat he is getting, as compared with all\\nother hares. On the other hand, if he\\nbuys by a system of comparison, he\\nknows simply that he has received the\\nbest, or the second best, or third best\\nhares held in stock by a single dealer\\nand has no way of knowing whether\\nor not they are as good as other people\\npossess. You can t buy hares, from the\\nfancier s point of view, by the pound\\nor the dozen, as you would buy coal or\\neggs. Where the elements of value are\\nas complex as those that make up the\\nvalue of the Belgian hare, a more elab-\\norate standard than simple weight or\\nnumbers is absolutely necessary. But\\nwe must have some standard, for there\\nis a standard for everything, for water\\nfor irrigation, for gas and electricity,", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n89\\nfeet and inches, pounds and ounces.\\nThere is even a standard for brains in\\nthe schools and colleges that educate\\nour young men and women, and this\\nstandard is one of percentages. Once in\\na while a student may compete for a\\nprize and be judged by comparison with\\nthe others competing for that particu-\\nlar prize, be it in oratory, mathematics,\\nLatin, Greek, or something else. But\\nwhen he goes out into the world and\\ntakes a place among other scholars, they\\nwant to know, not what his standing\\nwas on some particular occasion, but\\nwhat his percentage was for his college\\ncourse. Then they have a means of\\nmeasuring him, not with a limited cir-\\ncle, but with all students.\\nTake another illustration of the dis-\\nadvantage of purchasing without a defi-\\nnite standard of measurement. English\\nbreeders now admit that they have sent\\ntheir finest specimens to this country\\nfor the first time within the history of\\nthe industry. The prices offered were\\ntoo tempting and they did what they\\nhad never done before, parted with their\\nvery best. Now suppose that a man in\\nNew York wants to buy from an Eng-\\nlish breeder. Is he simply to take the\\nbest, by comparison, of those that are\\nleft in the hands of our English friends?\\nIf so, how is he to know whether he is\\nsimply getting the best of a lot of\\nscrubs, or is getting a really valuable\\nanimal? How can the English compare\\nwhat they now have with those superb\\nanimals that have recently left their\\nshores? Is it not sufficient for them to\\nsay, for instance, this is nearly as\\ngood an animal as Champion Fashoda.\\nThe buyer would want to know how\\nclosely he resembles Fashoda and in\\nwhat points he is different. If the two\\nhad been scored there would be an exact\\nmeasure of comparison, good for all time\\nto come, a measure especially valuable\\nif both scorings were made by the same\\ncompetent judge. But in the absence of\\nsuch a record, there would be no means\\nof determining the exact points or sim-\\nilarity and dissimilarity between the\\ntwo animals.\\nAs an aid to breeding the score card\\nis equally valuable, as may be ueen at\\na glance. For the owner may have his\\ndoes scored and can compare their merits\\nand deficiencies with that of different\\nbucks and can then determine to a\\nnicety, which breeding of all those\\navailable would be most advantageous\\nin each instance. For instance, a doe\\nthat is short on ticking, say standing\\na punishment of one and a half points,\\nif mated with a buck equally weak in\\nthis respect, would bring offspring\\nequally weak or worse. But, if mated\\nwith a buck stronger in ticking, say\\nrated with a punishment of one-half oi\\nthree-fourths, the young will show a\\nvast improvement over the ticking of\\nthe doe. This is breeding-up, and the\\nsame reasoning applies to other sections,\\nsuch as the shape of the back and the\\ncolor of the hind feet, in fact, to each\\nsection.\\nThe score card herein given is that\\nwhich has been adopted by the National\\nAssociation of Belgian Hare Judges as\\nthe best in existence. It has now been\\nin vogue for three years. It was in-\\nvented by Judge P. E. Crabtree, of Dan-\\nver, an acknowledged authority upon\\nthis subject. It has been subjected to\\nmany time tests and has proven satis-\\nfactory to many associations of breeders\\nthroughout the East and West.\\nIt is the only practical method that has\\never been presented. The association\\nmentioned above made a thorough in-\\nvestigation of all methods and selected\\nthis as, in every way, the best of all.\\nThe farther their experience extends the\\nbetter they are pleased with this sys-\\ntem. The reader will note that the card\\nis divided into twenty-nine sect .ons and\\nthat every element in the beauty and\\nvalue of a hare has been s^ on a valu-\\nation. There may be ^ome differences\\nof opinion as to the relative value that\\nought to be given to different elements,\\nbut these differences of opinion are far", "height": "3381", "width": "2067", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "90\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nless important to this industry ttan a\\nsubstantial agreement upon a basis\\nwhich affords a definite ard permanent\\nrecord. We must either have accord up-\\nom this question among the breeders of\\nthe country or else have inextiicable\\nconfusion. Moreover, the i resent score\\ncard harmonizes with the present stan-\\ndard of excellence. Any variation in\\nthe score card mil nHcessitate a corre-\\nsponding modification of the standard\\nof excellence.\\nTHE NECESSITY OF HAVING COM-\\nPETENT JUDGES.\\nAn exhibition of Belgian hares will\\nnot be a success unless it has a compe-\\ntent judge to determine the merits of\\nthe competing specimens and to award\\nthe prizes. If the judge is hesitat-ng,\\nconfused, partial, arbitrary or unreason-\\nable in any degree, exhibitors will be\\ndissatisfied and an unfavorable impres-\\nsion will be left with the public. An\\nexhibit conducted with a poorly-quali-\\nfied judge at the head of it will do the\\nindustry far more harm than good.\\nOne method of ruining an exhibition\\nis to mark all competing specimens ex-\\ntravagantly high under the mistaken no-\\ntion that exhibitors wiU be pleased with\\na high score. This mistaken fancy brings\\nthe whole exhibition into contempt, for\\nsooner or later, observation teaches ex-\\nhibitors that their high-scoring animals\\nare no better than others scored by a\\nmore conservative judge at a lower ra-\\nting. This discovery leads them to dis-\\ntrust and despise the whole system, a\\nresult which need never be if the judge\\nis skillful, fair and honest.\\nBut fairness and honesty depend upon\\nexperience. A man cannot be compe-\\ntent to judge Belgians unless he has\\nstudied, observed and compared a great\\nnumber under the best instruction. He\\nmust have an eye that is naturally\\nkeenly discriminating and trained by\\na long series of comparisons. Undoubt-\\nedly, there will be, during the next few\\nyears, numbers of pretended judges who\\nwill be practically imposters, men and\\nwomen lacking in sincerity, experience\\nand natural ability, whose only object\\nwill be to coin a few dollars at the ex-\\npense of confiding exhibitors.\\nCommittees having exhibitions in\\ncharge must guard against these pre-\\ntenders or their exhibitions will result\\nin discredit to all concerned. It will be\\nnot only the right but the duty of such\\ncommittees, in all cases of doubt, to in-\\nsist upon a rigid examination and a test\\nof persons assuming to possess the qual-\\nifications of a judge. A committee can\\neasily satisfy itself whether the claims\\nof an individual are well-founded or not.\\nIf the members of the committee are\\nsatisfied, the exhibitors and observers\\nare likely to be satisfied also.\\nDoubtless, after a little while, the\\nbusiness of judging Belgians will be lim-\\nited to those few who prove themselves\\nmost capable and these few will grad-\\nually establish in this country, by mu-\\ntual agreement, on essential paints, a\\nsystem of judging that will be as nearly\\nuniform as possible and mathematically\\nexact.\\nIn the meantime there will be some\\nuncertainty as to the value of the de-\\ncisions of this, that, and the other judge.\\nBut, in this profession, as in all others,\\nthe most competent will eventually take\\nthe lead and those committees who are\\nmost particular in their choice of judges\\nwill accomplish the most towards reach-\\ning this very desirable cornsummation.\\nA system of rating the qualifications\\nof a judge precisely upon the same plan\\nas the score-card system as appled to\\nthe rating of Belgians should be adopted\\nby the committees of exhibitions in their\\nexamination of a candidate judge.\\nTHE JUDGING OF JUDGES.\\nThe growth of the Belgian hare in-\\ndustry is destined to give birth to a new\\nprofession, that of Belgian hare judges,\\nthe legitimate members of which will\\nbe men sufficiently equipped by natural\\nendowment and by special training to\\npass upon the merits of hares offered in", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n91\\ncompetitive exhibitions or to score hares\\nfor owners in private.\\nIt will be of the utmost importance\\nto the ultimate future and well-being\\nof the industry that the ranks of this\\nnew profession should be kept free from\\npretenders and from those whose at-\\ntainments are not equal to their aspir-\\nations or their promises. Breeders in\\ngeneral and especially committees hav-\\ning exhibits in charge will do much to-\\nwards this most laudable end for no man\\ncan long maintain himself in this pro-\\nfession, or in any other, unless his abil-\\nities are to a reasonable extent com-\\nmensurate with his own estimate of\\nthem. In other words, not many fail-\\nures or miscarriages of justice would be\\nnecessary to place a judge in a position\\nwhere his services would no longer be\\nrequired.\\nBut those who enter this new pro-\\nfession can accomplish still greater\\ngood, both for themselves and for the\\nindustry at large, by guarding its ranks\\nwith the utmost vigilance in order to\\nconfine this honorable employment to\\nthose who are really worthy to partici-\\npate. Open, competitive tests should be\\narranged among the judges of each dis-\\ntrict and, later, congresses or conven-\\ntions should be held, at central points,\\nopen to the world, at which all who are\\ninterested should be invited to assemble\\nand where all topics of importance could\\nbe fully discussed. All professions hold\\nthese conventions. Teachers, physicians,\\nlawyers, even writers, come together\\nfrequently and consider those subjects\\nbearing upon the advancement of their\\ninterests. And it is always noticeable\\nthat the stirring members of any pro-\\nfession, those who accomplish the great-\\nest good and attain the greatest dis-\\ntinction, are the ones who are willing\\nto come together for discussion, advice\\nand mutual education.\\nBy this means and this alone can\\nthe scoring and judging of Belgian hares\\nbe placed upon a definite plan, with a\\nuniform system, one in which all breed-\\ners, owners, dealers and fanciers can\\nhave confidence, and one which will make\\nthis business international in extent\\nand above suspicion in character.\\nContests of this sort should be held,\\nin turn, in different sections of the coun-\\ntry. Each should be under the super-\\nvision of leading citizens of the section\\nwherein held, men who would command\\nthe confidence of contestants and of the\\npublic at large. These men should pro-\\nvide for rigid and thorough public con-\\ntests in judging. Purses of sufficient\\nvalue to be in themselves an incentive\\nshould be provided, each contestant pay-\\ning a percentage of the purse offered, as\\nan entrance fee, or the purse being fur-\\nnished in some other equitable way. Con-\\ntestants might be divided, when desir-\\nable, into different graded classes, each\\ncontestant passing, when qualified, from\\neach class into that next higher, the con-\\ntest closing with a grand sweepstakes\\ncompetition, awarding the championship\\nto the successful competitor.\\nThe above is a very brief outline of a\\nplan by which such contests could be con-\\nducted. This could be varied and devel-\\noped to suit circumstances. In all cases\\nthe final result aimed at should be pub-\\nlicity, an opportunity for breeders, own-\\ners and the general public to become fa-\\nmiliar with the abilities of the respec-\\ntive judges. This would be of great\\nvalue to all concerned and especially to\\nthe judges themselves. It would inter-\\nest the general public and insure a\\ngreater growth of the industry.\\nA STANDARD FOR RATING JUDGES.\\nFor the most comprehensive delinea-\\ntion of the American Standard of Excel-\\nlence, 15 points.\\nFor the best explanation of the score\\ncard, 15 points.\\nFor the most comprehensive explana-\\ntion of the application of the score card\\nto the American Standard of Excellence,\\n20 points.\\nFor the hightest rating in judgeship,\\n25 points.", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "92\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nFor the least variation in test work,\\n25 points.\\nPerfection, 100 points.\\nHONORABLE APPLICATION OF THE\\nSCORE CARD SYSTEM OF JUDG-\\nING.\\nNothing can do as great injury to the\\nBelgian hare industry as fraud practiced\\neither by presumptuous or by legiti-\\nmately authorized scorers. Frauds in\\nany of the channels of commerce wreck\\ninstitutions. Confidence in a system of\\njudging the hare is of as great import-\\nance to the Belgian hare industry as is\\nconfidence in the stability of a bank\\nto the success of its stockholders Ficti-\\ntious score cards, either overrating or\\nunderrating the value of a specimen will\\ndestroy confidence in perhaps hundreds\\nof people who are more or less interested\\nand as many more who might become in-\\nterested. A few instances of this kind\\nscattered throughout the country will\\ndo almost irreparable injury to the in-\\ndustry and turn many an intelligent\\npossible recruit from entering the ranks\\nof the fancy.\\nIn the judging of hares there is un-\\nquestionably, for quite a time to come,\\nan almost unlimited room for imposi-\\ntions by those who are unprincipled and\\ncare nothing for the good of the fancy\\nbut live in the present and for what\\nmoney they can make out of it regard-\\nless of injury done to others. Such a\\nperson is just as likely to score a 91-\\npoint hare at 95 points, or even 96. And\\na trifle more money for his trouble would\\ndoubtless make him see the animal even\\nhigher in the scale of perfection and\\nprompt him to make a valuation of 97\\nor even 98 points, sign his name and\\nlet her go. But in this as in other\\nlines, the survival of the fittest will\\nultimately obtain, but, of course, this\\nwill never result until great numbers\\nof people have been more or less injured\\nin a financial way.\\nThe disposition of people to take for\\ngranted the say-so of Tom, Dick or\\nHarry, the long-haired, Indian-fakir\\ndoctor, offers to the unprincipled, pre-\\nsumptuous character of the same ilk\\na wide and profitable field for his ma-\\nchinations in the hare industry. When\\npeople awaken to the fact that stand-\\nard authorities in the judging of hares,\\nor those who are truly expert and who\\nexcel in this capacity, are the proper\\npersons upon whose judgment they\\nshould rely, then will humbuggery, to a\\ngreat extent, meet its death and the up-\\nbuilding of the industry make rapid\\nstrides and become a source of great\\npleasure and great profit as well. A\\nreligious application of the score card\\nsystem of judging is an imperative\\nnecessity and the man or woman who\\nwill sacrifice the sacredness of this\\nmethod of judging should be exposed\\nand condemned, and, in fact, placed on a\\npar with the criminal who extracts\\nmoney by false pretenses.\\nTHE SPIRIT OF THE TRUE FANCIER.\\nHe who loves animals and he who\\nloves his business will always have the\\nhighest regard for the industry in which\\nhe is interested. Such a character will\\nmake sacrifices, if need be, to accomplish\\nresults that will be of permanent benefit.\\nIt is by such characters as this that\\nthe new ideas are presented, new meth-\\nods employed, which may well be desig-\\nnated as progressive. The fancier at\\nheart never tires of working for the\\ngood of the cause and he never pines\\nand sulks because things do not go\\nexactly his way, or because of failure\\nto win in competition. His greatest an-\\nguish comes from a lack of opportunity\\nto spread out, push on, improve the\\nstanding of the interest with which he\\nis identified. The true fancier in any\\nline is invariably a social character and\\nis also open-hearted and liberal, and\\nenjoys a tilt or a joke with one who\\nhas successfully competed with him,\\nand, altogether, he it is who gets the", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n93\\ngreatest pleasure out of his business and\\nout of life generally.\\nIn fact, but for this particular kind\\nof a character there would be nothing\\nbut the old, non-progressive course in\\nlife we should see the man that just\\nsimply exists, passes the time and never\\ncreates a thought, never changes his\\ncourse from one year to another. He\\nstill has the same old gray mare. He\\ndoesn t know her father or mother, never\\npaid any attention to her breeding. He\\nknows that she plows corn first-rate and\\nthat she never refuses to go: She never\\nfailed to get the family to and from\\nchurch on time and old Sal is a good\\nold nag.\\nOr when it comes to the bovine, the\\nsame is true. He don t know whether\\nnis yoke of steers were of the Devon-\\nshire or Durham breeds, or whether they\\nare Hereford or Ayrshire, and guesses\\nthere was not any breed to them.\\nIn fact, he does not know just how\\nmuch milk old Blackie gives, or how\\nmuch butter she makes, reckons she is\\npretty good cow, had her a long time.\\nAnd this is an illustration of the ideas\\nof the man who never has the spirit\\nof rivalry and who is totally devoid of\\nthe sentiment of enterprise. No par-\\nticular love for old Blackie. If she got\\nsick reckoned she would get well, and\\nhe might take her a bucket of lukewarm\\nwater with a little salt in it, but never\\ntook sufi cient interest to give her any\\nspecial attention or regret, much her\\nloss when she died, if there was another\\nleft in the yard.\\nThis illustration goes on down the line\\nfrom the equine to the bovine and so on.\\nNow, it is not by such characters as this\\nthat the far-famed, beautiful Belgian hare\\nhas been evolved from the wild and un-\\ntamed little cotton-tail. But the true\\nfancier is ever on the alert for a new\\ndash of blood to discover and he recog-\\nnizes at a glance the qualities of the\\nhigh type in whatever direction his mind\\nleads and is never content until he has\\nsomething as good, and better, if he can\\nproduce it.\\nFor the true fancier is really a pro-\\nducer and is not alone satisfied, though\\nhe may have the wealth of mines, with\\nthat which he may purchase, but he de-\\nsires to show his handiwork in the prod-\\nuct of his pens.\\nAnd so sure as he is defeated in the\\nexhibition arena so certainly may you\\nlook out for him. The true fanoier is\\nnever defeated. He may be beaten on an\\noccasion but, to him, that cuts little or\\nfigure. He is living in the future and his\\nhope and enthusiasm and spirit of\\nrivalry are only augmented and his\\nforces are soon put into action and he\\nsays to himself, Never you mind,\\nBrother Smith. It is alright, Mrs.\\nBrown.\\nWe will see you later. We will meet\\nyou at Boston later on, or at Madison\\nSquare. You will have a race the next\\ntime you meet me. These are the\\nthoughts that go through his mind, and,\\nin ?iis mind s eye, he pictures out the\\nbeautiful points that may be possessed\\nby the specimens that have defeated him.\\nHe at once establishes his ideal and\\nthis by criticising the specimens that\\nhave defeated him. The intelligent and\\nprogressive fancier is a stuient, a me-\\nchanic, an artisan, and he is even a\\nwarrior and is also, like the great\\nAlexander, sighing for new worlds to\\nconquer.\\nHe, too, is most liberal toward judges.\\nHe never doubts the judgment of a\\nsincere and competent, well-tried au-\\nthority. He recognizes authority. He\\ngoes into competition expecting to win\\nsomething, but not determined to win\\nall, and not certain that he will win\\nanything and, if he meets with defeat,\\nhe is certain to learn why it was that\\nhis competitor out-stripped him in pro-\\nducing a better specimen. But he never\\naccuses the judge of having it in for\\nhim, or of being stuffed and having\\na premature opinion because of the", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "94\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nownership of certain specimens being\\nknown.\\nIn the live-stock fancy the field is\\nwide and the variety of conditions is\\ngreat and the points of merit and the\\npoints of disqualifications are numerous,\\nand through carelessness, and some-\\ntimes through unavoidable occurrences,\\nthe true and expert fancier and breeder\\nis liable to meet with defeat, but he\\nwho possesses the true love for animals\\nis invariably endowed with a reason-\\nable amount of respect for his own kind\\nand a would-be fancier who ignores\\nqualities in the animal kingdom surely\\nwill be lacking in these attributes which\\nmake a man a man, a friend a friend,\\na student wise, a mechanic and an\\nartisan appreciated, and the fancier in\\npet-stock successful and admired.\\nGreed, envy and petty jealousy find\\nno place in the heart of the true sports-\\nman. Really, these manifestations are\\ndetested by all lovers of friendly com-\\npetition. The progressive fancier de-\\nlights only in the success achieved\\nthrough his own efforts and the com-\\npetition arena affords the opportunity\\nfor a demonstration of skill and to the\\nenterprising character success is a great\\ntreat and defeat is an invaluable lesson.\\nBut the grumbler, he who cannot take\\nhis medicine with a good grace, finds\\nno pleasure in this circle, though he\\nmay, and usually does, stir up more\\nor less commotion. Nevertheless, he is\\nsoon lost and forever forgotten as on-\\nof the fraternity though it may be that\\nhe will need the repeated tumbling of\\na brick house upon him to convince\\nhim that he is out of his realm. But,\\nsooner or later he will fail to find interest\\nbecause of the lack of attention that\\nhis grumblings over his failures to win\\nelicit from fellow-competitors and the\\npublic at large.\\nA BELGIAN HARE ENTHUSIAST.\\nDr. B. C. Piatt, one of the owners and\\nmanagers of the Bonanza Rabbitry, is\\nprobably the most enthusiastic man in\\nSouthern California over the breeding\\nand rearing of Belgian hares. He is the\\nacknowledged father of the industry\\nin this section, this title being granted\\nto him by common consent from the\\nfact that he introduced the Belgian in-\\nto Southern California and proclaimed\\nits merits so effectively that, within\\neighteen months, some fourteen hundred\\nrabbitries had been established, and the\\nnumber of hares had increased from a\\nfew hundred to an estimated total of a\\nquarter of a million. Undoubtedly this\\nis the most remarkable record ever\\nmade anywhere in the propagation of\\nany domestic live stock, big or little.\\nAs general manager of the Belgian\\nHare Exposition held at Los Angeles\\nin February, igoo. Dr. Piatt made an-\\nother enviable record, both in the suc-\\ncess of the exhibition and in, the success\\nof his own rabbitry in competition. This\\nwas the first exclusively Belgian hare\\nexposition ever given and was the larg-\\nest in attendance of visitors, number\\nof exhibits, variety of classes and of\\nthe value of the prizes, and also the\\nmost satisfactory to all concerned, of\\nany ever attempted. The Bonanza\\nRabbitry exhibited 114 specimens, all\\nbut three of its own breeding, and cap-\\ntured tv/enty-one prizes, including the\\ninternational championship and several\\nprizes for the best, all-around exhibit\\nin different classes. Dr. Piatt joined the\\nclass in scoring which was held under\\nthe instruction of the official judge and\\nscorer, Mr. P. E. Crabtree of Denver.\\nHe attained a very high average in this\\nclass and is now a leading spirit in the\\nNational Association of Belgian Hare\\nJudges, an outgrowth of the movement\\nstarted at this exposition. This asso-\\nciation has for its objects everything\\nthat is for the best interests of the Bel-\\ngian hare, including a system of regis-\\ntration, the promoting of fairs and ex-\\nhibitions and the education of the public\\nin every phase of this subject.\\nDr. Piatt is a man who is ready to\\nencourage all, including competitors, who\\nare sincere in their efforts to keep the", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n95\\nBelgian hare industry upon a high plane,\\nboth commercially and from the fancier s\\nstandpoint. And he will undoubtedly\\nbe heard from often along this line.\\nCHAMPION FASHODA\\nHead of Dr. Piatt s herd and is ack-\\nnowledged to be the nearest approach\\nto th ideal in existance.\\nFashoda is a phenomenon, a happy\\nproduct of scientific mating producing\\nthe fortunate results that sometimes\\nfollow the best directed efforts in the\\nbreeding of live-stock. A great race\\nhorse, for instance, may beget scores\\nof youngsters that will trot in the 2:20\\nclass, but only one in a lifetime with the\\ncombined qualities of body and brain,\\nthe speed, the endurance, the intelligence\\nand the pluck, to lower a world s record.\\nSo Fasdoda is the climax in a long line\\nof great ancestors and a multidude of\\nworthy descendants.\\nFashoda is the only living buck ap-\\npoaching perfection in style, symmetry\\nand color and also of standard weight.\\nIn fact, he is nearly a pound over the\\nstandard. Before him the best breeders\\nof England and that means of the world\\nfound it impossible to unite the fine\\nlines desired in the ideal with the full\\nsize and weight demanded by the stand-\\nard of excellence. As to his form and\\nsymmetry we can only refer the reader\\nto the excellent reproduction of a\\nphotograph which we give as a frontis-\\nprice to this book and to an inspec-\\ntion of Fashoda s score card which we al-\\nso present at the close of this description,\\nfor symmetry and form in a hare is\\nsomething impossible of accurate de-\\nscription by words alone. We can only\\nrepeat that, in these respects as in all\\nothers he is the very best that the world\\nhas produced.\\nWhen we come to the element of color\\nwe find that Fashoda possesses a rich,\\nrose-gold, under-color, together with\\nbeautiful, broadly-defined and wavy\\nticking distributed to a nicety, giving\\nto his coat a luster and depth of color\\nequal to mahogany tint, extending from\\nhead to tail, from vertebrae all but to\\nhocks, and nearly full depth of sides.\\nThe lacing of his ears could scarcely\\nbe better, and from the lacing over the\\nouter surface of the ears, extends the\\nrare and beautiful tint best described\\nas a golden tan. A breadth of this also\\nshades the sparkling ticking of the sides\\ninto the snowy white of his belly, and\\nunder his jaws, blends with the bril-\\nliant flush of the rufus-red on his broad,\\nsplendidly-arched breast. All of his\\nfeet are of the indefinable coloring now\\nthe object of every fancier s efforts and\\nthe most difficult element to attain in\\nthe whole standard of perfection. This\\nwonderful shade is really a new thing\\nin nature. It resembles a mahogany\\nbut has a brighter luster. It is like a\\nwine color but not so deep a shade. It\\nmight be called maroon bui is a little\\ndarker. Define it as you may, it gives\\na finish to the whole effect as yet rarely\\nseen upon Belgians.\\nFashoda has strikingly large and\\nbrilliant eyes of exactly the correct\\nshade of hazel, beaming with intelli-\\ngence, spirit anT docility. His bearing\\nis alert and strong. He assumes, of his\\nown accord, poses that are models of\\ngrace, and the immediate effect upon\\neveryone who sees him, is that of a\\nbeautiful wild creature reduced to a\\ncongenial captivity where all may ad-\\nmire him.\\nWe may summarize this description\\nof Fashoda by quoting from some of\\nthose who saw and knew him before he\\ncame into our possession. He captured\\ntwelve first prizes on the ex-\\nhibition circuit of England in\\n1899, also seven specials, four\\nmedrls and four challenge cups,\\nincluding the Crystal Palace cup, valued\\nat $250, a trophy offered by the largest\\npet-stock association in the world, which\\nholds an exhibition in London every\\nyear. An English authority says:\\nHis feet and legs are enough to turn", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "96\\nTHE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\nCHAMPION FASHODA.\\n(Bonanza Pose.)\\nProperty of Bonanza Rabbitr\\\\-, Los Angeles, Cal.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n97\\nthe eyes of a breeder green with envy,\\nand again, An absolutely correct style\\nand front. Another, The best ever\\nseen. Still others say: With age he\\ngets more beautiful, and With his\\nnew coat in full bloom he will be the\\nideal. All say: He wins easily in\\nany company, and He is the popular\\nwinner. and again, The crack Belgian\\nof the period. Popular sires produce\\npopular young, who sell at popular\\nprices, and are always sought after by\\nprogressive breeders.\\nAn old gentleman of refinement and\\nculture, after watching our hares and\\nespecially Fashoda, the other day, for\\nnearly an hour, remarked: This is a\\ntreat equal to looking at beautiful\\nwomen. The more you look at them,\\nthe more you want to.\\nOn the following page is the ofl cial\\nscore awarded to Fashoda at the Los\\nAngeles exposition, a card which consti-\\ntutes a record the same as the record of\\nspeed made by a trotter or pacer in a\\nrace under competent authority.\\nTHE COMMERCIAL FUTURE OF THE\\nBELGIAN.\\nDr. B. C. Piatt, the author of this\\nmanual, during a course of experiments\\nextending over nearly six years, has\\nkept steadily in view both of the im-\\nportant phases of the Belgian hare in-\\ndustry, namely, the rearing of the hare\\nas an object of pleasure to fanciers and\\nthe rearing of the hare upon an exten-\\nsive scale purely for his value in the\\ncommercial world. Both, of these phases\\nwill be important in the future, but the\\ncommercial phase will undoubtedly in-\\nterest a greater proportion of the pop-\\nulation and be conducted upon the larger\\nscale. Men of comparative leisure to\\nstudy the hare as an interesting species,\\na new gift of nature, are unlimited in\\nnumber. But the hare as a money-\\nmaker and a bread-winner will appeal\\nto many thousands. This has been the\\nexperience of the old world and will be\\nthe experience of America.\\nForeseeing this point. Dr. Piatt, after\\nsecuring and producing many prize win-\\nners and building up the finest herd of\\nbreeding animals in existence, confining\\nhimself strictly to breeding rather than\\nto speculation, has also conducted ex-\\nhaustive experiments in making the\\nBelgian as fully available as possible\\nas a factor of commerce, strictly defined.\\nWe have already discussed the value of\\nthe meat sold fresh on the market. We\\nhave now a few words to say as to the\\ncanned meat, the pelts made into leather,\\nthe furs for garments, robes, rugs, etc.,\\nand the novelties that may be made from\\nthe feet\\nFew people have an adequate concep-\\ntion of the immense proportions at-\\ntained in providing the staple articles\\nof food consumption. Figures are dry\\nreading and it is rare that any man in-\\nforms himself upon the production of\\nwheat or beef or pork unless he is di--\\nrectly interested in the industry from a\\nfinancial standpoint. When he does read\\nup on one of these topics the average\\nman is astonished at the vast amounts\\nof food supplies required by the people\\nof any great civilized country.\\nThe hare industry is so new that all\\nmay be forgiven for the ignorance which\\nis universal in America in reference to\\nits merits. But in the Old World greater\\nprogress has been made. These coun-\\ntries are thickly settled, cultivation is\\nintense, wild game has all been destroyed\\nor is reserved for the delectation of the\\nnobility and the immensely wealthy.\\nTherefore, when so dainty an article of\\nfood as the Belgian hare is placed upon\\nthe market, it is consumed in immense\\nquantities. The following statistics will\\ngive some conception of the value of\\nthe rabbit industry in certain countries.\\nWe shall merely add that there is no\\nreason why these apparently phenome-\\nnal records may not be duplicated in al-\\nmost any portion of the United States.\\nThe meat of the tame rabbit is con-\\nsumed in great quantities in France,\\nGreat Britain, Germany, Belgium and", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n7\\nCUu,\\n[iHCOBPORATlDl\\nWADtunim: US mvxi. w. u.sjl\\nBody\\nUxnilSBvUi\\nBides\\nHindqautof*\\nJaws\\nl^ekiiig 15\\nEars\\n10\\nEyes 10\\nLegs Feet\\n10\\nSize 5\\nCondition\\nA\\nNeck 6\\nImperfection*\\nB\u00c2\u00bb*y:\\nFlank end Bib\\nBaek\\nLoinr.\\nHead\\nLacing\\nOtherwiM\\nI Fore Itet\\nI Hind Feet\\nI Flaik\\nFar\\nm.\\n7^\\nw\\nw\\nW-\\n?i\\nw\\nFaifeotion\\nImperfections\\nSCORE\\n100\\nm\\ns\u00c2\u00ab^\\n8... .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^ct.jU:^:^^^\\nOFFICIAL SCORE CARD.\\nReduced fac simile of the Official Score Card of the National Association of Belgian Hare\\nJudges, showing Champion Fashoda s score in which he ^yoa the International Cnampionship\\nPrize of $100.00 in gold at the greatest Belgian hare Exposition, mart and feast e^er given anj-\\nwhere. Los Angeles, Cal., February, 1900.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n99\\nHolland in fact, all the civilized coun-\\ntries in Europe, and it is said to be es-\\npecially relished by epicures. Paris\\nalone is reported to consume weekly\\never 190,000 pounds of tame rabbits, or\\n10,000,000 pounds annually.\\nA Trappist monk from the Cloister\\nLa Trappe, France, established a rabbit-\\nbreeding farm, and from there in a very\\nshort time the meat became a standard\\nfood article in France, Belgium and Hol-\\nland.\\nA German of French descent, Charles\\nde Grody, visited France and studied\\nand examined the process of raising,\\npreserving and canning the animals. He\\nwent with his new enterprise to Great\\nBritain, where he succeeded in getting\\ncapitalists to invest $10,000 in it\\nAt the time his partners had little\\nconfidence in establishing the article,\\nbut in the course of little over a year\\nthe manufacture and sale took such di-\\nmensions that they were compelled to\\nbuild additions to the factory at the\\ncost of $500,000. They were compelled\\nin four years to buy from Ostend alone\\n300,000 rabbits weekly, besides their\\nown product. They are now said to\\nconsume in Great Britain and 1} eland\\n70,000,000 annually.\\nIn those countries, meats are much\\nhigher than in America, so it is safe to\\nestimate the price realized by the hare\\nfarmer as one dollar a head, the retail\\nprice is quite double. Here is an il-\\nlustration of the adage, Very valuable\\narticles are done up in small parcels.\\nSurely bunny is a valuable animal, for\\nhe outclasses all competitors in meat\\nmaking and profit yielding.\\nThis industry is to be started in Chi-\\ncago and will bring a new food into our\\nmarkets in the shape of canned rabbit.\\nA representative of the great rabbit\\nraising industry in Great Britain is look-\\ning for a large tract of land near Chi-\\ncago that can be turned into a tame rab-\\nbit farm. Here rabbits will be raised\\nby the million. Their flesh will be\\ncanned and shipped all over the country;\\ntheir fur will be prepared and put upon\\nthe market under the name of electric\\nseal. Fur of this sort has recently be-\\ncome very fashionable, and has made a\\nlarge market for itself.\\nCANNING THE BELGIAN.\\nRealizing that the majority of the pro-\\nducers rearing the Belgian must\\nbe reduced to a business prop-\\nosition we have made exten-\\nsive experiments to show the feas-\\nibility of canning the flesh of the Bel-\\ngian.\\nThis is an important industry abroad\\nbut has not been undertaken on an ex-\\ntensive scale in this country. We can\\nshow, however, to the satisfaction of\\nany inquirer that the flesh of the Bel-\\ngian is wonderfully adapted to this\\nmethod of treatment. It makes a rare\\ndelicacy, far superior to canned chicken.\\nThe white, tender, toothsome meat of\\nthe Belgian, preserved in a small quan-\\ntity of the liquor or gravy, will keep\\nadmirably and will prove a most at-\\ntractive novelty as compared with\\nchicken, turkey, turtle, and similar high-\\nclass canned goods. The flesh of the\\nBelgian will be cheaper because there\\nis less waste. At least five pounds of\\nclear, boneless meat, every particle of\\nwhich is eatable, may be secured from\\neach five months old hare of average\\nsize and weight. In this country this\\nbranch of the industry is as yet in its\\ninfancy but, like the different uses of\\nthe pelts of the Belgian, it is destined\\nto attain enormous proportions.\\nTHE VALUE OF THE PELTS.\\nWe have demonstrated that the pelts\\nhave uses almost unnumbered. The first\\nof these is for leather. To the surprise\\nof all investigators into the qualities\\npossessed by the leather made from the\\npelt of the Belgian hare, it has been\\nfound to be as tough as buckskin and\\nis adapted to a far greater variety of\\nuses than the buckskin. A strand the\\nwidth of a shoestring clipped from a\\nwell-tanned hide possesses tensile\\ni.irt.", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "YOUNG FASHODA. Property of Bonanza Rabbitry, Los Angeles, Cal.\\nSire, Champion Fashoda; dam. Bonanza Queen II. The peer of his illustrious sire.\\nReserved for our stud.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\n101\\nstrength almost equal to iron wire of\\nthe same thickness. In fact, few men\\nare strong enough to break such a strand\\nby pulling it with one hand against the\\nother.\\nWe have shown that the leather is\\nespecially adapted to use for whip-\\nlashes, for covering baseballs, for\\nbraided reins to riding bridles, for Span-\\nish riatas, for belt lacings, trimmings to\\nsuspenders, shoe uppers for both ladies\\nand gentlemen s shoes, for gloves equal\\nto kid, for book-bindings, burnt-leather\\nwork, doll bodies and an almost endless\\nvariety of similar uses. It is readily\\ntanned to resemble chamois skin and the\\nskins of younger hares may be tanned\\nand processed to duplicate the finest\\nof kid. We have worked out various pro-\\ncesses of tanning, several of which are\\nvery successnful for the different uses.\\nIt is impossible to estimate the enormous\\ndemand that may arise for Belgian hare\\nleather for these purposes.\\nFOR USE IN FURS.\\nThe high-type, up-to-date, large-sized\\nBelgian, with his rich rufus-red color,\\nhandsomely ticked, with either the\\nsnowy white or the creamy belly and\\nthe light, buff-colored side, furnishes a\\npelt that can be made into a handsome\\ngarment without coloring. But there are\\ndifferent processes of coloring, especially\\nthe electric seal, which add variety. The\\nelectric seal is a black and has been in\\nvogue among furriers in Europe for a\\nquarter of a century. These furs un-\\ncolored are especially adapted for chil-\\ndren s wear, in caps, capes, muffs, boas,\\ncollars and for fur linings to gentle-\\nmen s overcoats, for linings to the wrists\\nof gloves or for the whole glove or for\\nmitts. Beautiful robes and rugs may\\nalso be made from these. In fact, these\\nfurs are adapted to any use of fur pos-\\nsessing great warmth and great dura-\\nbility.\\nin jewelry stores as a charm. There is\\nan enormous demand for these. The re-\\ntail price, with inexpensive trimmings, is\\ntwo hundred and fifty dollars a thous-\\nand which would require five hundred\\nhares. Here we have a value of fifty\\ncents for a hare in the first joint of his\\nfront leg.\\nAN ITEM OF PUBLIC INTEREST.\\nOur city parks and our mountain re-\\nsorts should be stocked with the Bel-\\ngian hare. A few piles of boulders, a\\ncouple of two-horse loads in each pile,\\nscattered through the parks, would af-\\nford sufficient protection for the hares\\nduring the dry season. In, winter they\\nshould be provided with nest boxes set\\nupon three-inch legs. These should be\\nplaced among the boulders and covered\\nwith a roof. The hares would live upon\\nthe blue-grass lawns if they were also\\nprovided with a bale of wheat or oat\\nhay or straw. They would require some\\ncoarse fiber to go with the lawn grass,\\nwhich is too young and soft to afford a\\nproper ration alone. The hares would\\nbe a source of much amusement to child-\\nren, and would also be interesting to\\nchildren of a larger growth. In the for-\\nest preserves the hares should be pro-\\ntected by statute just as other game is\\nprotected. At stated seasons much\\nsport could be had in hunting thtm. Tons\\nupon tons of the delicate meat cor.ld be\\nhad for the taking.\\nAS A NOVELTY.\\nThe hare s foot is mounted and sold\\nSUMMARY.\\nIn a word, we have in the Belgian\\nhare a fascinating animal as a pet and\\na novelty. Probably, throughout this\\nwide country there are not more than\\ntwo or three thousand of the best class\\nand the greater portion of these are yet\\nvery young. This insures an increasing\\nand enormous demand for hares of this\\nclass for several years to come and with\\na steady increase in price. Then we\\nhave an undetermined number of hares\\nof a lower grading, most of which will\\nultimately be utilized as already indi-", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "102\\nTHE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL.\\ncated in the arts and industries, as\\nplain factors in commerce. From this be-\\nginning this industry will assume pro-\\nportions which will astonish even the\\nmost ardent enthusiasts, creating a de-\\nmand which will exceed the supply for\\nmany years. It will assume gigantic\\nproportions as soon as capitalists realize\\nthe value of this new field and commence\\nto interest themselves.\\nAVOID INBREEDING.\\nDon t attempt to build up a herd of\\nhares from in-bred stock, or from stock\\nthat is stunted, weakly or deformed, or\\ndescended from stock that has been poorly\\ncared for or from stock that is akin.\\nScience and intelligence produce results\\nfrom the Belgian just as they have pro-\\nduced our noble Jersey and our spirited\\nand magnificent families of blooded\\nhorses, from the beautifully-colored,\\nsymmetrical and graceful Arabian,\\nthrough the kings of the English turf\\nto the Kentucky thoroughbreds and our\\nfamous American harness horses. The\\nfirst principle of scientific breeding, as\\napplied to the Belgian, lies in an ability\\nto select and mate individuals for pro-\\nducing definite results in higher types\\napproaching the ideal. This ability is\\na rare accomplishment. Hence the breed-\\ning of improved types is, for the few\\nwho can bring it about, a permanent and\\nprofitable industry. There is a short\\ncut of establishing points of excellence,\\nas required by the standard of excellence,\\nnamely, inbreeding. Many fanciers adopt\\nthis means with a certain degree of\\ntemporary benefit in money returns.\\nBut in the end, this process is disas-\\ntrous and often leads to final abandon-\\nment of the business. Breeding closely\\nrelated hares may establish points of\\ncolor or other points desired, but also\\nbrings weak constitutions and a tend-\\nency to contact colds, which is the\\ngreatest obstacle to success in this in-\\ndustry.\\nOn the other hand, outcrossing, ju-\\ndiciously employed, lends additional vi-\\ntality to the progeny. Therefore, al-\\nthough the points sought for may not\\nbe secured so quickly as by inbreeding,\\nnevertheless, there is no companison as\\nto final results. For hares without\\nvigor are sources of neither pleasure nor\\nprofit.\\nDon t make pens less than 3 by 5 by\\n16 feet, carpeted and covered with wire.\\nDon t place hares on hard floors, whether\\ncement, brick or stone. Don t make the\\npens of lath. The hares will gnaw out\\nor dogs will break in. Wire alone gives\\nthe circulation of air and is therefore\\nbest.\\nDon t fail to separate the sexes at ten\\nweeks of age. Don t allow more than\\none animal in a pen after four months\\nunless they have a large run in field or\\npaddock. Even then do not allow several\\nbucks in the inclosure except after cas-\\ntration.\\nDon t allow a doe to raise more than\\neight young in one litter. Don t breed\\nher until her young are a month old.\\nDon t allow young to run with doe more\\nthan six weeks from birth.\\nIn breeding be sure to take doe from\\npen of the buck immediately after the\\nsecond service. Don t handle a doe after\\nshe is two weeks with young. Don t\\nmove or ship a doe after she is with\\nyoung fifceen days. Don t change her\\nnest-box in any way after she has made\\nher nest or after she has kindled. If\\nyou do she may never go near her young\\nagain. Don t make the partition in her\\nnest-box less than three inches high,\\nwhen winter boxes are used. This will\\nconfine nest and young. Twenty days\\nafter kindling remove the partition.\\nDon t allow less than eighteen inches\\nsquare for nest space in nest-box back\\nof the partition. A young doe will com-\\nmence to make her nest about a week\\nbefore kindling time. An old doe will\\ncommence fully two weeks before. She\\nshould be in her permanent quarters be-\\nfore this time. To ship her or move her\\nduring the last two weeks of her period\\nof gestation is to take chances of in-", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL.\\n103\\njury to the mother and perhaps loss of\\nthe litter.\\nNever catch or handle young hares by\\nthe ears. The muscles are not as strong\\nas they are later. They may be weak-\\nened and the ear permitted to drop,\\nthus disfiguring the animal. It is so\\nnatural to catch hares by the ears that\\nspecial warning on this point is neces-\\nsary. Don t fail to bear it in mind.\\nTake the animal by the skin right over\\nthe shoulders a full handful and hold\\nthe hare out from your body, or by the\\nhaunches, which method is still better.\\nNever allow dogs to play around the\\npens or to jump at and frighten the\\nhares. There is certain to be a loss in\\nsome way if this is done. Cats will do\\nno harm as long as they are kept out\\nof the pens and may be useful in catch-\\ning rats and mice. They will destroy\\nthe young hares if the latter are per-\\nmitted to stray out of the pens so as\\nto come within reach.\\nRemember that hares cannot be kept\\nhealthy if confined in little boxes. Even\\nif these boxes were cleaned three times\\na day foul air would prevail. Anyone\\ncan readily see the differences in the ap-\\npearance of these animals if they have\\nan opportunity to compare those that\\nhave been closely confined with those\\nthat have had the freedom of large pens.\\nDon t purchase stock for establishing\\na rabbitry without investigating these\\ndifferences.\\nDon t neglect to keep cured hay or\\nstraw, grain and water constantly be-\\nfore the nursing does and to\\ngive some kind of succulent food\\nonce a day. In other words,\\ntheir staple food should be well-\\ncured grasses and grain, but they should\\nhave some green food to mix with this.\\nThe hare is a ruminating animal and\\nchews a cud. She needs the cured hay\\nto make this, but she also needs some\\ngreen food for health. Even when hares\\nare allow to run in fields or kept in\\nportable cages they should have cured\\nhay. They require the fiber vvliich is\\nlacking in young grasses. Don t give\\nwet grain, grasses or any kind of vege-\\ntables when wet with dew or rain. Re-\\nmember that the best results are se-\\ncured from feeding oats, wheat-bran,\\nalfalfa hay, and green alfalfa that has\\nbeen allowed to grow until it has\\nbloomed.\\nDon t allow your hares to get wet or\\ntheir pens to become wet and muddy.\\nDon t omit to keep before your hares\\na lump of rock mineral salt. A little\\nsalt is good for them. They will not\\ntake too much from the lump salt.\\nDon t fail to remove the old nest straw\\neach time when you wean the young\\nand to give the does fresh straw two\\nweeks before you expect another litter.\\nDon t fail to place a tray a foot square,\\nwith sides an inch high, containing bran,\\nclose to the nest box as soon as you\\nnotice the young at the opening of the\\nbox, or about the fifteenth day of their\\nexistence.\\nRemember that the young are to have\\nno cold water until they are weaned.\\nAfter that fresh water should be placed\\nbefore them twice a day from April ist\\nto Novtmber ist and once a day the re-\\nmainder of the year. They should have\\nconstant access to fresh water.\\nDon t neglect to sweep up the drop-\\npings at least once a week. Daily is\\nbetter.\\nDon t neglect to give the same con-\\nsideration to buyers from your rabbitry\\nas you desired to receive in establishing\\nyour own. Don t neglect to name your\\nbreeders and build a pedigree for suc-\\nceeding generation. Don t expect to get\\nprize winners from small or\\ninferior stock. Don t neglect to\\nmake a record of the name of each pur-\\nchaser and of the stock that he buys of\\nyou. This may be consulted at any\\ntime, and your customer, and those to\\nwhom he sells, may thus avoid\\nthe possibility of in-breeding through\\nexchanges or sales of stock that\\nis akin. Never sell to a pur-\\nchaser both sexes that are akin, or\\nstock that is maimed or unsound from\\nany cause whatever.\\nDon t place strange animals that are\\nover four months old in the same pen,\\nor in the same crate for shipping. Never\\nship stock any distance before it is three\\nmonths old. Don t ship in crates with\\nclosed sides or ends, or in crates that are\\nnot supplied with self-feeding grain\\nboxes, hay baskets and drinking foun-\\ntains.\\nIn brief, use your common sense in\\nall particulars. Remember that you are\\ndealing with a highly-organized, sensi-\\ntive animal, one that responds quickly\\nto liberal care and as quickly to neglect\\nor indifference. The gratification of\\nsuccess should be a sufficient incentive\\nto painstaking. If it is not, then rjon t\\ngo into the business at all. The hare is\\ntoo noble an animal to be mistreated\\nthrough ignorance or carelessness.", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "o\\nnJ\\nrt\\nm\\nu\\nT)\\nm\\nCl\\nifj\\nh4", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL. 105\\nVALUABLE SPECIALTIES FOR RABBITRIES.\\nDr. B. C. Piatt has invented and manufactured a number of specialties indis-\\npensable in every well-appointed rabbitry. They include everything that the\\nbreeder needs for his own convenience and for the comfort and health of his pets.\\nWe sell all these supplies in quantities to suit, wholesale or retail. We quote\\nherein retail prices. Prices on larger quantities given on application. These\\narticles are protected by letters patent.\\nOUR HAY RACK.\\nIs the neatest and most convenient known for feeding\\nhay. It is constructed of strong wire and is very durable. Can be ad-\\njusted to any pen in a moment. With this rack it is impossible for hares to\\ncatch their ears to or do themselves any injury. Price, $2.50 per dozen.\\nTHE BONANZA SELF-REGULATING FEED BOX.\\nThese boxes prevent the waste of food and keep it always clean. They are\\nmade of galvanized-iron, are neat and ornamental, can be regulated so that the\\nsupply of feed may be greater or less in accordance with the number and age\\nof the hares in a pen. Will save their cost in feed vnthin a few weeks.\\nThey are 5 by 10 inches at the base, and 8 inches high. The self-regulat-\\ning device is an adjustable slanting slide. Price, each, 75 cents. Per dozen,\\n$7.00.\\nSELF-REGULATING WATER-FOUNTAINS.\\nMade of galvanized iron; cylindrical in shape, with a circular base. By an\\napplication of a simple law of mechanics the two quarts of water contained\\nin one of these fountains is suspended in the circular chamber and trikles\\nout into the basin at the base as taken away by the hares. Water is kept\\nfresh, clean and pure. Price, each, 50 cents. By the dozen, $5.00.\\nThe above three devices are economical of time and labor as they do not\\nrequire frequent refilling.\\nBRACKETS FOR SUSPENDING WATER FOUNTAINS.\\nThese brackets retain the water- fountains at any desired height above the\\nground. Made of strong wire, readily adjusted, keep the young hares from get-\\nting into the water, defiling it and injuring themselves. Price, $1.00 per\\ndozen.\\nSHIPPING CRATES.\\nMade in sections suited to shipping a single hare or half a dozen young\\nones that have been reared together and will dwell in harm.ony. As many\\nsections up to six as are desired may be added. These are one foot in height\\nand two feet in diameter. They are circular in form. They will last a life\\ntime. Hares shipped in these crates take long journeys and arrive in the pink of\\ncondition. Express companies endorse this crate and return it at half rate.\\nPrice, single section, $10.00.\\nCERTIFICATES OF SALE AND PEDIGREE BLANKS.\\nFor sale in books of one or two hundred, bound. These are ornamental and\\ncomplete. Neatest of anything yet devised. Certificate nine by twelve inches,\\nartistic in design, beautifully printed on a fine quality of paper. Contains\\nfull history of animal sold, extended in tabulated form. Stub serves as a rec-\\nord of the transaction and a private herd register. Price, book of 100, $2.75;\\nbook of 200, $4.00. We print in title of rabbitry and name and address of\\nproprietor. Will employ a cut of any animall that may be desired. Cuts must", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "ELMER E. PLATT.\\nSon of Dr. B. C. Piatt and associate proprietor of Bonanza Rabbitry, the recipient ol a pair of\\nrabbits on his eig hth birthday, June 13, 1S9S; from this beg-inning- the Bonanza Rabbitry\\nof today has been developed.", "height": "3370", "width": "2122", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "THE BONANZA BABBITRY MANUAL. 107\\nbe two inches by four and a quarter inches, half-tones. When we furnish\\nhalf-tones from photographs furnished us, the cost is $2.25 additional.\\nCERTIFICATES OF BREEDING.\\nPrepared on precisely the same plan as the above. Give full pedigrees of the\\nbucks which they represent. From photograph of the buck desired to be\\nillustrated on pedigree we will furnish half-tone and printed pedigree in ex-\\ntended tablated form. Where cut is furnished we will furnish book of 100\\nblanks for $3.25. When we furnish half-tone from photographs furnished us\\nthere is an additional cost of $2.25.\\nALUMINUM EAR-TAGS.\\nLight, substantially made, of the best grade of this material, accompanied\\nby a suitable size and quality of annealed aluminum wire, keeps the tags\\nsecure. Numbered consecutively in a series of from one to one thousand. Price\\n$1 per hundred. Punch suitable for setting, special make, 75 cents.\\nA SUPERIOR FORM OF PEN CARD.\\nThese when filled, serve as a private herd register. We print with title of\\nrabbitry, or name of owner, without extra charge. Price $1.00 per one hun-\\ndred.\\nDr. B. C. PLATT, 930 Grand View Ave, Los Angeles, Cal.\\nREGISTER YOUR HARE WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BEL-\\nGIAN HARE JUDGES. WE HAVE THE BEST SYSTEM EVER DEVISED.\\nOUR PLAN.\\nWe propose to divide all hares sent to us for registration into three classes.\\nThe first will include record-makers, and will be called the record class. This\\nwill include hares that have won prizes in open contests in public exhibitions.\\nThe second may be termed the general class. Into this will be admitted\\nall hares that have reached the age of six months and score 90 points or\\nhigher. The third class will include hares under six months that have de-\\nscended from prize-winning, registered stock, either sire or dam. It will be\\ncalled the junior class.\\nWe shall have an additional book in which names selected for hares will\\nbe recorded. No other animals will be recorded under the same name. This\\ninsures protection to a breeder in theuse of a name even before the animal\\nto which the name shall apply has been selected. This may be called ad-\\nvanced registration.\\nThe uniform fee for registration in either class will be one dollar. In cases\\nwhen a name is registered the hare to which that name shall apply will, when\\nselected be assigned a number and a certificate of registration without\\nadditional charge. Transferring from class No. 3 to the record class, when-\\never a specimen becomes eligible, will be made for a fee of fifty cents and\\na certificate of registration, giving record of winnings, will be furnished.\\nCertificates of transfer from the original owner registering to a buyer will\\nbe made for a fee of twenty-five cents.\\nRules governing, instructions in general, together with blank forms of appli-\\ncations for registration, and forms of certificates for transfer, sample of certifi-\\ncate of registration, also an essay on the advantages of registration and of scor-\\ning hares, will be sent upon receipt of ten cents in stamps or coin.\\nThe certificate of registration is the most carefully prepared, beautifully\\ndesigned and artistically illustrated piece of work ever put forth by the pro-\\nmoters of any live-stock industry in America or elsewhere. It needs only\\nto be seen to be thoroughly appreciated.\\nAddress Dr. B. C. PLATT, President of the National Association of Belgian\\nHare Judges, 930 Grand View Ave., LosAngeles, Cal.", "height": "3403", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "bonanzarabbitrym00plat_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "AUG 29 1900\\nNO PET STOCK BREEDER\\ncan afford to be other than\\na SUBSCIUBER to the\\nAGRICULTURAL AND\\nLIVE STOCK HERALD\\nThe pioneer publication in the Bel-\\ngian Hare industry. Edited by Judge\\nP. E, Crabtree, president of The\\nNational Belgian Hare Club of\\nAmerica, and originator of the Score\\nCard System of judging Belgian\\nHares. One sample free. Address,\\nDenver, Colorado.\\nVIRGINIA HOMES\\nYou learn all abowt Virginia lands, soil, water, climate,\\nresources, products, fruits, berries, mode of cultivation,\\nprices, etc., by reading the VIRGINIA FARMER.\\nSend JO cents for three months^ subscription to\\nFarmer Co*^ Emporia^ Va*\\nENAMEL PAINT\\nFOR RABBITRY PENS\\nYou can paint your Rabbitry with RINALD BROS. PORCELAIN ENAMEL\\nPAINT, and it -will always be sweet and clean no smell. Can be used on tin, cop-\\nper, wood or iron. Anybody can apply it. You can turn the hose on and wash it\\nout. Nothing will stick to it. No acid will cut it out. Will last a lifetime. Once\\nused, will be always used. Can be had in pints, quarts, |^-gallons and gallons, at the\\nExcelsior Polishing Co*\\n430 S. Broadway,\\nN. A. MARSHALL, Mgr.\\nLos Angeles, Cal.\\nSEND 10 CENTS IN STAMPS FOR BONANZA RABBITRY CATALOGUE.\\nIt contains 56 pages, is lavishly illustrated; gives complete description of\\nthe largest and most popular breeding herd of Belgians in the world. It\\nis the most beautiful thing of its kind ever published. Address Dr. B. 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